During the first COVID-19 lockdown, my parents were really worried about our produce which was ready to harvest. If the produce goes to waste due to other circumstances, my family feels depressed because we and our workers put in so much work to grow a crop. We cultivate every crop
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“During the lockdown I was very much worried about my health, family and my business. Everyone said that elderly people need to be very safe, or COVID-19 can infect them easily. But, within 1 year, I had gained a few loyal customers and they would definitely look around for me
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I’m a physically challenged person. My dad always told me that, let it be any circumstance, I shouldn’t give up on what I love doing the most. His mantra helped me overcome the toughest situations I have ever faced. During the COVID-19 lockdown, I had many things troubling my mind,
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During the COVID-19 outbreak, I was baffled and couldn’t think of anything beyond my business. I had no idea how I would run the business with the impending restrictions. My family asked me not to travel to the market to buy fresh stock. But I was not in a state
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During the lockdown, farmers in my village were very frightened about upcoming losses and worried if they would be able to sell their produce in the mandi. They had no idea about transportation or how the mandi merchants would make payments. They were also clueless about the price they should
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Quote: “When I came to know about the lockdown, I was scared and planned to move back to my village. But, then I gave a thought to those 350 customers who buy their fruits and veggies from me. I decided to stay back and brave the situation with utmost safety,
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I came to know about Ninjacart while travelling on the roads of Chikka Tirupati. I approached their CC, and they said that they will buy my harvest. During the lockdown, I sold 70% of my produce to Ninjacart.
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After Ninjacart, everything has been running smoothly without any problems. When I reach the CC, the workers immediately give us the crates, weigh everything properly and have no intention of cheating us.
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But after the lockdown was announced, merchants wouldn’t show up or answer calls and I’d face a lot of problems with transportation and selling.
I did not know what to do with the cabbage, cauliflower and carrot that were ready to harvest.
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For the first 10 days, I didn’t open the shop. After those 10 days, I thought I would get some hope to open the shop, but I didn’t, because I couldn’t go to the market to purchase the items. The main reason was that the market would be crowded.
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It was a tough situation. I didn’t know what to do. In my shop, the items were not available; and in the market, the rates were too high. I couldn’t sell that because the customers refused to buy and complained about the rates.
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After he completed his schooling, he became a full-time farmer for 20 years. He has a 4-acre land that he tends to with his parents and his wife.
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