Not only farmers and farm labourers, consumers are also expected to get affected as prices of greeny leaves and some vegetables like potato are expected to increase in coming days because of likely crop damage, said agri-experts.
"The agriculture is dependent on vagaries of monsoon. Whenever there are unseasonal rains and when crops (are) damaged, the demand for labourers goes down and their wages also," Vishandas said at a FICCI event here.
"Indian agriculture is resilient and will come out of the shocks," he added.
The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) is a statutory body that advises the government on pricing policy of major farm produces.
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Stating that the government is yet to make assessment of crop damage, former CACP chief Ashok Gulati said, "There are various reports of crop damage that varies in the range of 15 to 50 per cent. However, the government has to come out with the exact assessment of crop damage."
Yesterday, during a discussion in Rajya Sabha, members cutting across party lines voiced concern over the loss caused to rabi crops due to unseasonal rains in many states and demanded immediate special relief package for affected farmers and waiving off of the crop loan.
Some members urged the Centre to soon send a team to assess the crop damage and proper implementation of crop insurance scheme besides special initiative to study the impact of climate change on agriculture sector.