COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the Indian agricultural system extensively. Nevertheless, the recent quarterly GDP estimates post-COVID scenario showcase robustness and resilience in Indian agriculture, the only sector to register a positive growth of 3.4% during the financial year (FY here after) 2020–21 (Quarter 1: April 2020 to June 2020). At the same time, the immediate past quarter growth was estimated at 5.9% witnessing a decline by 2.5% point. In this context, we aim to synthesize the early evidence of the COVID-19 impact on the Indian agricultural system viz., production, marketing and consumption followed by a set of potential strategies to recover and prosper post-pandemic. Survey findings indicate that the pandemic has affected production and marketing through labour and logistical constraints, while the negative income shock restricted access to markets and increased prices of food commodities affecting the consumption pattern. The pandemic wreaked a substantial physical, social, economic and emotional havoc on all the stakeholders of Indian agricultural system. Seizing the crisis as an opportunity, the state announced a raft of measures and long-pending reforms. We propose a 10-point strategy ranging from social safety nets, family farming, monetizing buffer stock, staggered procurement to secondary agriculture to revive and prosper post-pandemic.

COVID-19大流行已严重破坏了印度的农业系统。尽管如此，最近的季度GDP估计值显示了COVID情景之后的印度农业的稳健性和抵御能力，这是唯一在2020-21财年（以下为财政年度）3.4％的正增长部门（第1季度：2020年4月至6月） 2020）。同时，最近一个季度的增长率估计为5.9％，下降了2.5％。在这种情况下，我们旨在综合研究COVID-19对印度农业系统的早期证据，即，生产，销售和消费，然后是一系列大流行后恢复和繁荣的潜在策略。调查结果表明，大流行病通过劳动力和后勤限制影响了生产和销售，而负收入冲击限制了市场准入，粮食商品价格上涨影响了消费方式。大流行对印度农业系统的所有利益攸关方造成了巨大的物质，社会，经济和情感破坏。抓住危机的机会，该州宣布了一系列措施和长期未决的改革。我们提出了10点策略，范围从社会安全网，家庭农业，缓冲库存货币化，交错采购到二次农业到大流行后的复兴和繁荣。