India’s food supply chain during the pandemic

Matt Lowe, G.V. Nadhanael and Benjamin N. Roth

Food Policy, 2021, vol. 105, issue C

Abstract: We document the impact of India’s COVID-19 lockdown on the food supply chain. Food arrivals in wholesale markets dropped by 69% in the three weeks following the lockdown and wholesale prices rose by 8%. Six weeks after the lockdown began, volumes and prices had fully recovered. The initial food supply shock was highly correlated with early incidence of COVID-19. We provide evidence that this correlation is due more to state-level lockdown policy variation than local responses of those in the food supply chain. Finally, during the recovery phase, the correlation between the food supply disruption and COVID-19 exposure disappeared, suggesting uniform recovery.

Keywords: COVID-19; India; Food supply chain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102162

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