Write a small speech on how the framers crops and handicraft got affected.
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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.
The coronavirus pandemic that prompted the government to announce a strict three-week shutdown starting March 25 coincided with the country’s peak summer farm season, when crops are harvested and sold. It also came at a time when most farmers were set to reap bumper harvests after good monsoons last year.
Although farming has been declared an essential service and agriculture markets are exempted from the lockdown, a shuttered economy has left farmers facing huge challenges.
The supply chain has been badly hit -- buses and train services have been suspended and trucks face hurdles in moving across state borders due to strict checks.