Vol. 11, Special Issue 8 (2022)

Author(s):
Shefali Srivastava and Sanjai Kumar Srivastava

Abstract:
The Indian economy has been affected adversely by the waves of COVID-19 pandemic. The adverse impact was observed in Uttarakhand also, especially in the agriculture sector. Potato is a major vegetable crop of Uttarakhand owing to the fact that it is in demand by every family and traded in all the Uttarakhand wholesale mandis. Hence, the study was done to assess the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on wholesale arrivals and prices of potato. There were three time periods chosen for the study viz. the pre-pandemic year (2019-20) and the two pandemic years (2020-21 and 2021-22). All were divided into 13 phases. The movement of average weighted modal prices and arrivals was analyzed using graphs. With pre-pandemic year values (arrivals or average weighted modal prices) as base, the percent decrease in potato arrivals and average weighted modal price during each of the two pandemic years was observed using difference-in-differences model