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Indian Farmers Struggle to Harvest, Sell Crops During COVID Restrictions

Anjana Pasricha

   NEW DELHI - Summer fruits and vegetables have ripened, a bumper crop of
   wheat is ready for harvest in India, but hobbled by severe labor
   shortages, transport bottlenecks and plummeting demand due to a
   nationwide coronavirus lockdown, millions of farmers are staring at
   huge losses.

   The setback caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will plunge the country's
   struggling rural economy that supports nearly half its population into
   further distress, according to farm economists.

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