Agriculture in India in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional data from a national survey

This dataset is from a study that aimed to evaluate how the COVID-19 pandemic in India has influenced: (1) cropping patterns and input use, (2) farmers’ willingness to adopt sustainable agricultural practices, and (3) farmers’ COVID-19 symptoms. Data were collected via phone surveys conducted between December 2020 and January 2021 with 3,637 farmers who had previously participated in a nationally representative survey. Variables include cultivation practices such as input use, cropping patterns, and interest in trying agroecological practices; home food production; coping strategies; receipt of support, food insecurity and dietary diversity amongst agricultural laborers; and COVID-19 symptoms and whether the symptoms have affected the farmer’s ability to work. The dataset also includes demographic data including rural versus urban residence; age and gender of the participant; educational attainment of the primary income earner of the household; caste; household size; and whether or not they had a BPL or Antyodaya ration card. Verbal informed consent was obtained from all participants. The Institutional Review Board of the Centre for Media Studies approved this study (protocol #: IRB00006230). This work was funded in part by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water, The Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Scottish Government, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and UK Research and Innovation.

本数据集源自一项旨在评估印度新冠疫情影响的研究，具体评估维度包括：(1) 种植模式与农业投入品使用情况；(2) 农户采纳可持续农业实践的意愿；(3) 农户的新冠感染症状。研究于2020年12月至2021年1月期间，通过电话访谈方式收集数据，受访对象为此前参与过全国代表性调查的3637名农户。数据集涵盖的变量包括：种植相关实践（如农业投入品使用、种植模式、对尝试农业生态实践的兴趣）、家庭粮食生产情况、应对策略、农业劳动者获得的支持情况、粮食不安全状况与膳食多样性，以及新冠感染症状及其对农户劳动能力的影响。此外，数据集还包含人口统计学相关数据，具体包括城乡居住属性、受访者年龄与性别、家庭主要收入提供者的受教育程度、种姓、家庭规模，以及是否持有BPL（Below Poverty Line，贫困线以下）或Antyodaya口粮卡。所有参与者均已获得口头知情同意。本研究已获得媒体研究中心（Centre for Media Studies）伦理审查委员会的批准（协议编号：IRB00006230）。本研究部分经费由能源、环境与水理事会、爱丁堡皇家学会、苏格兰政府、哈佛大学T.H.陈公共卫生学院以及英国研究与创新（UK Research and Innovation）提供。