Farmers in districts along the India-Nepal border in north Bihar prefer selling their farm produce in Nepal as they lack a mandi system in Bihar. However, restrictions on the movement of goods across the international border, since the beginning of the COVID19 pandemic, has adversely affected their livelihoods. Farmers of Bihar desperately await the opening of the border to resume sales.

Farmers in districts along the India-Nepal border in north Bihar prefer selling their farm produce in Nepal as they lack a mandi system in Bihar. However, restrictions on the movement of goods across the international border, since the beginning of the COVID19 pandemic, has adversely affected their livelihoods. Farmers of Bihar desperately await the opening of the border to resume sales.