Goat Farming in Coconut Gardens-A Pivot of Confidence for Rural Unemployedduring COVID era

摘要

Today, the world is suffering an extra-ordinarylooming panic of the deadly viral pandemic andI is at cross-roads to move ahead sustainably. The corona viral pandemic in India has been largely disruptive affecting all walks of life, encompassing Agriculture, Energy, Employment and Economy. A vast majority of the world's poor live in rural areas and agriculture remains the prominent source of livelihood for 86 per cent of them. Their livelihood is characterized by small holdings or landlessness, illiteracy, unemployment and malnutrition. As per the report of the Centre for Monitoring of Indian Economy, the unemployment rate had shot upto 26 % across India and many rural households suffered an income dip during April 2020. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations underlines that rural youth are 40 per cent more likely to be in casual work than their urban counterpartand many earn their income only on a daily or weekly basis, with little access to social security. Small scale enterprises in the rural regions are highly vulnerable to the fluctuations in supply-chain together with depression of demand, leaving ripple effects on their households. Thus encouraging agrobased ventures in the rural areas is the way out to revive the rural economy from financial crunch and from emotional setbacks.