The novel coronavirus epidemic was a global public health emergency with serious ramifications for people’s lives. It was a unique circumstance that revealed long-forgotten links and linkages between the agricultural sector, society and the economy. India is shown to be significantly more affected by the economic shock for two reasons. First, prior to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the economy had already begun to contract, aggravating pre-existing issues with unemployment, poor wages, hardship in rural areas, hunger and pervasive inequality. Second, the sizable unorganised industry in India is very weak. These migratory, agricultural and other informal labourers were the most severely affected during the lockdown since they did not receive regular paychecks. The ways that rural households make a living have also been severely impacted by the pandemic. Amidst the pandemic, farmers espoused several adaptation strategies. Some of these strategies were short-term responses like online farmer help groups, using local labour force at higher cost, while others were for the long term like an increase in non-farm income, agricultural intensification etc. which were likely to persist after the pandemic. In another study which involved both the COVID-19 pandemic and amphan cyclone, farmers used to reduce the area of cash-earning crops and exchange the labour with fellow farmers. The author of this article also in a field-level study identified 12 adaptation mechanisms according to relevancy. Thus, depending upon localised socio-cultural context and livelihood options these strategies varied widely across various countries and regions. The adaptation level also has a significant association with several attributes of the livelihood profile of farmers. So, policy frameworks introduced to promote resilience need to be mindful of these factors. Thus, this chapter presents an in-depth cross-regional analysis of adaptation strategies and policies concerning the recovery of farm households from the COVID-19 pandemic and other natural calamities supplemented by first-hand field study by the authors themselves.