In 2020, the Union government enacted three new farm laws to address the structural weaknesses inherent in the sale, marketing and stocking of agriculture produce in the regulated/wholesale markets.

In the last year and a half, COVID-19 has disrupted economies and livelihoods across the world, as well as causing large-scale infections and deaths.

The paper examines the potential of India’s Public Distribution System for introducing biofortified crops to address the challenges of micronutrient deficiencies in Bihar and Odisha, two of the country’s most poverty-stricken states.

Presidential Address presented at the 74th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics held on December 18, 2014 at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad Maharashtra