Vol. 11, Special Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Johns Tiyndel G and Pradeep A

Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic affects the livelihood of famers in a country. The present study was conducted to identify the top nine major constraints confronted by the Imphal West district farmers of Manipur state during the implementation of COVID -19 nationwide lockdown due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in our country. The sample size of 109 farm households from two blocks of Imphal West district were selected by using simple random sampling technique. Garrett’s ranking analysis was used here to find out the major constraints experienced by the farmers of Imphal West district. The study identified that majority of farmers expressed high wage of labour as most priority constraint followed by higher transportation cost and higher input cost in agriculture. Henceforth, suitable control measures and suggestions should be taken by the policy makers or stakeholders of the state to manage the identified constraints for the betterment of farm livelihood.