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Dr. Saikat Datta Mazumdar
International Crops Research for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Hyderabad, India.

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0 Malnutrition, Hidden hunger, Micronutrient food fortification, Food security, Nutritional epidemiology
0 biosensor development
0 Surface Plamon Resonance
0 Food Technology and Biochemical Engineering
0 Product Design & Development

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Saikat Datta Mazumdar is Chief Operations Officer (COO), NutriPlus Knowledge Program, Agribusiness and Innovation Platform (AIP), at ICRISAT, Hyderabad. He studied Chemistry at the North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India, followed by a Masters degree in Food Science and Technology from the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore, India. He was awarded a PhD by the Philipps University Marburg, Germany in 2008. He also has a specialization in Food and Agribusiness Management from College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, USA. Previous work experience include stints at the Unilever Research Centre, Bengaluru and at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Philipps University Marburg, Germany. At ICRISAT he is involved in providing support to entrepreneurs in the areas of food and agribusiness; research and development in the area of nutraceuticals, fortified foods and food safety; nutritional intervention projects towards addressing malnutrition and enhancement of dietary diversity among tribal populations in India; and establishment of IS0 17025:2005 certified food testing laboratories in Africa. Expertise in: Food Science and Technology, nutritional intervention studies, nutritional analysis, food product development, production planning, food safety quality management systems, ISO 17025: 2005 accreditation for food testing laboratories, biosensors and bioelectronics

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Journal article
Published: 05 February 2021 in Sustainability
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We study the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the groundnut value chain and all the actors involved in its value chain in Ananthapuramu district of Andhra Pradesh, a leading groundnut producing state in south India. The results revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic created a double burden on farmers by disrupting farm production on one side and decreased diet diversity on the other. Disruption in farm productions resulted in a decline in household income and increased consumer food prices. The effect on farmers snowballed to other actors in the value chain, and all the actors were affected variably. Availability of storage infrastructure would have saved the farmer’s household income to some extent during the pandemic. Supply of diverse nutrient foods through the existing public distribution system, which mostly provides wheat and rice, might have helped tackle the diet diversity issue amongst farmers. Farmer’s collectives were perceived to reduce the negative impact during natural disasters like the COVID-19 pandemic by helping to organise smallholder farmers, minimise transaction costs and increase their bargaining power. In addition, effective farm extension services, including market information, could have benefited farmers during the crisis.

ACS Style

Ravi Nandi; Swamikannu Nedumaran; Aravazhi Selvaraj; Saikat Datta Mazumdar; Shalander Kumar. The COVID-19 Induced Disruptions across Groundnut Value Chain: Empirical Evidence from South India. Sustainability 2021, 13, 1707 .

AMA Style

Ravi Nandi, Swamikannu Nedumaran, Aravazhi Selvaraj, Saikat Datta Mazumdar, Shalander Kumar. The COVID-19 Induced Disruptions across Groundnut Value Chain: Empirical Evidence from South India. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (4):1707.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Ravi Nandi; Swamikannu Nedumaran; Aravazhi Selvaraj; Saikat Datta Mazumdar; Shalander Kumar. 2021. "The COVID-19 Induced Disruptions across Groundnut Value Chain: Empirical Evidence from South India." Sustainability 13, no. 4: 1707.