COVID crisis has shown India’s food policy must have buffer stocks at community level too (The Print)

The Print (India) published an op-ed from Shalander Kumar, Arabinda Padhee, and Research Fellow Anjani Kumar. The authors state that “easing of lockdown restrictions to revive the Indian economy may suggest the end of the COVID-19 ordeal for agriculture. Following the Union government’s recommendations, many states… let farmers sell farm produce anywhere. This is an opportunity to develop consensus across states to reform agricultural marketing and minimize restrictions on movement and sale of agricultural commodities.”