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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced an investment of over Rs 2,500 crore to support millet farmers in the state. The state launched the Odisha Millets Mission in 2017 to revive the cereal ecosystem. The promotion of millets is seen as a way to provide justice and equity to rain-fed farmers. ....
The United Nations declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets to promote the resilient cereal’s cultivation. Millet is known as dama in Tagalog or kabog (humas) in Visayan. ....
The new thrust on millets by the government, as evidenced in the recent Union budget, is welcome. But, to succeed as a global superfood, India needs to rework its millet strategy. ....