The year 2023 has been decided to celebrate as the International Year of Millets (IYOM-2023) for awareness about health and nutritional benefits of millets. Therefore, realising the need of hour, it is necessary to sensitize & incentivise the farmers about these crops and at the same time by providing necessary technological inputs and market linkages to motivate these farmers to produce market surplus, which will ultimately result in retaining these farmers in cultivation of millets.
In view of the above, the following components have been proposed under the project to enhance the area under the cultivation of millets;
- Distribution of Seed on Subsidy.
- Distribution of Mini-kits.
- Organization of Millet Food Festival.
- Capacity Building of Farmers in production, Post harvest technology and its uses in nutritional security.
- Farm Gate Sale of Millets (Through Canopy).
The budget provision of Rs. 151.00 Lakh has been made for the financial year 2023-24, by the State Government for the implementation of this scheme.