1.
Aishwarya Bisht
– Ims Unison University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
2.
Sachin Sharma
– Ims Unison University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely impacted
the economy of India and the world. The agricultural
sector of our country has also been adversely affected.
The agricultural sector of our country was already
very weak and due to COVID-19 it became more
vulnerable due to which the farmers had to face many
problems during COVID-19 lockdown. As a result,
the income of farmers has reduced and they are
not being able to survive. The study was conducted
in the food grain market of two districts of Punjab
(Pathankot & Gurdaspur) with a sample size of 147
people. The survey was done through questionnaires
(Google form). The convenience sampling technique
(unrestricted sampling) is used in this study. It’s a
type of Non Probability Sampling. We conducted our
research to find out the impact of COVID-19 pandemic
on agricultural output. The five-point interval scale
(likert scale) was used to measure the perception of
respondents (farmers) on 18 parameters related to the
impact of COVID-19 pandemic. Anova and regression
(inferential statistics) were used to find out the impact of
variables on farmers. 54.1% of impact is explained by
our independent variables. The research suggests that
there is a considerable degree of impact of COVID-19
pandemic on agricultural output of farmers.