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MILLETS

Millets need to be brought back into local production and consumption.



Media Interface: UAS, Dharwad - Declaration for inclusion of millets into PDS

 

Dharwad Declaration calls for Millets in PDS
Business Standard, 24 October 2011
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UAS, Dharwad, Formulates Declaration for Inclusion of Millets into PDS
FnB News.com, 21 October 2011
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Introduce Millets in PDS, demand growers
The Hindu, 19 October 2011
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Introduction of Millet in Public Distribution System
The New Indian Express, 19 October 2011
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Do not belittle importance of millets
Deccan Herald, 19 October 2011
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UAS to create awareness on millet cultivation
The Hindu, 17 October 2011
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Millets alone can provide food security to nation
Deccan Herald, 17 October 2011
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Popularizing millet meals (Millet mela of Mysore)
Deccan Herald, 29 August 2011A farmer showcase millet crop in his finger millet field. DH Photo
Food for Thought: In a bid to reintroduce millets into our meals, the first millet mela of Mysore will be held on the weekend between August 20 and August 21 at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry, showcasing scores of varieties of nutrition rich millets, finds Eswar Singh K R..


Farming: Movement: Science of the Ages
Outlook Magazine- August 29, 2011
Garhwali villagers resist new central farming plans, stick by age-old ways attuned to nature. Tried method Vijay Jardhari in a millet field at his village in Tehri Garhwal. Read more....


The humble millet takes centre stage at Millet melaSiridhanya mela being inaugurated in Mysore on Saturday. —PHOTO: M.A. SRIRAM
The Hindu- August 21, 2011
The humble millet has taken centre stage at the Millet Mela (Siridhanya Mela) which got under way at the Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry. Read more....

 


NE Mini Consultation on Milletsexhibition.jpg
FST India- March 24-25, 2010
NE Mini Consultation on Millets was held on March 24-25, 2010 at Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Meghalaya. Read more....


Call for more awareness on millet byproducts
The Hindu, July 28, 2011
Though our country is the largest producer of many kinds of millets, they are not as popular as it should be, given their health benefits. The major constraints being the drudgery involved in domestic processing. Read more....


Farmers get mini kits to boost millet cultivationT.P.Poonatchi, MLA, Manachanallur, distributing farm inputs and mini kits to a farmer under Initiative for Nutritional Security through Intensive Millets Promotion scheme at T.Pudupatti on Monday.
The Hindu, July 20, 2011
T.P.Poonatchi, MLA, Manachanallur, distributing farm inputs and mini kits to a farmer under Initiative for Nutritional Security through Intensive Millets Promotion scheme at T.Pudupatti. Read more....


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