The COVID-19 pandemic has become the greatest public health crisis of the 21st century and creates serious health and socioeconomic challenges. The COVID-19 disease outbreak originated from Wuhan city of Hubei province of China during the month of December 2019. Like others, livestock industries were badly affected during the lockdown periods due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of the study is to review the effects of COVID-19 outbreaks on livestock, Poultry and Fisheries sectors in India. Livestock products account for an estimated 30 per cent of the total global value of food and agriculture, and approximately 19 per cent of the value of global food production. India is one of the fastest-growing global leaders of livestock product producers over the last decade and is currently the fourth largest in volume terms. According to the IMPACT food model predictions of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the demand for meat was expected to increase by 58 per cent between 1995 and 2020. Poultry meat demand might increase by 85 per cent, beef by 50 per cent and pig meat by 45 per cent over this time period. However, livestock production, mainly the piggery sector, horses, ponies, camels, goat, sheep and the meat export sector were seriously affected by the lockdown. During the lockdown period due to COVID-19, the economics of all sectors collapsed owing to disruption in production and the supply chain. It also affected national and global food security, changed consumers’ demand and behaviour. The disruption of the logistical channel and drop in demand have reduced sales and lowered prices. Thus, there was an urgent need for an effective action plan to support both producers and consumers in the agricultural livestock and poultry sectors by the governments.
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Singh
NK
Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, College
of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, G B Pant University of Agriculture and
Technology, Pantnagar-263145, Uttarakhand, India.
Upadhyay
AK
Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, College
of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, G B Pant University of Agriculture and
Technology, Pantnagar-263145, Uttarakhand, India.
Sharma
H
Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, College
of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, G B Pant University of Agriculture and
Technology, Pantnagar-263145, Uttarakhand, India.
Kamboj
A
Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, College of
Veterinary and Animal Sciences, G B Pant University of Agriculture and
Technology, Pantnagar-263145, Uttarakhand, India.
Maansi
Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, College
of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, G B Pant University of Agriculture and
Technology, Pantnagar-263145, Uttarakhand, India.
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