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Government Sets Higher Paddy and Millet Procurement Targets for Kharif Marketing Season 2024-25

Government Sets Higher Paddy and Millet Procurement Targets for Kharif Marketing Season 2024-25

Paddy procurement target for the Kharif crop has been fixed at 485 lakh metric tonnes...

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Government Sets Higher Paddy and Millet Procurement Targets for Kharif Marketing Season 2024-25

Government Sets Higher Paddy and Millet Procurement Targets for Kharif Marketing Season 2024-25

Paddy procurement target for the Kharif crop has been fixed at 485 lakh metric tonnes...

Opinion
Kharif Season in India – Changing dynamics and emerging perspectives

Kharif Season in India – Changing dynamics and emerging perspectives

The cultivation of the 4 Ms - Millets, Maize, Mustard and Moong - is crucial for...

Agribusiness
APEDA facilitates 500 startups to market and export millet based value added products

APEDA facilitates 500 startups to market and export millet based value added products

A success story has just come in from Sangrur in Punjab where a farmer, Dilpreet...

National
Promoting millets in diets: NITI Aayog report

Promoting millets in diets: NITI Aayog report

The NITI Aayog has just released a report on 'Promoting Millets in Diets: Best Practices...

Ground Report
Millets: The lost and found crop - thanks to FAO-backed community seed banks

Millets: The lost and found crop - thanks to FAO-backed community seed banks

Over the past two decades, communities in central and eastern Indian states had...

Opinion
Growth Potential for ‘Millet’ – a Boon for Health  

Growth Potential for ‘Millet’ – a Boon for Health  

In addition to its potential for increasing food security, millet has many other...

National
Farmers making more money by growing millets, but facing challenges in marketing and processing

Farmers making more money by growing millets, but facing challenges in marketing and processing

paddy cultivation costs Rs 25,000-30,000 per hectare, the cost of ragi per hectare...

National
Nafed to promote millets, MOU with Agriculture Ministry

Nafed to promote millets, MOU with Agriculture Ministry

Nafed, which has entered into a MoU with the ministry in this regard, will set up...

National
Periyapatna V Satheesh: Champion of millets, argo biodiversity, rural women’s rights passes away

Periyapatna V Satheesh: Champion of millets, argo biodiversity, rural women’s rights passes away

The 77-year-old Satheesh, a noted civil society activist, strived hard to promote...

National
'Shree Anna' will benefit 2.5 cr marginal farmers in India, says PM at Millet Meet

'Shree Anna' will benefit 2.5 cr marginal farmers in India, says PM at Millet Meet

Modi informed that the contribution of Millet to the national food basket is a mere...

International
ICRISAT-Plasma Water Solutions MoU for higher crop output

ICRISAT-Plasma Water Solutions MoU for higher crop output

To address the much-debated issues of low productivity levels in India and the resultant...

National
Millets Giveaway, a spl marketing campaign

Millets Giveaway, a spl marketing campaign

The Giveaway campaign motivates general public to buy directly from FPO farmers....

National
Tomar urges small farmers to grow more millets to help address malnutrition

Tomar urges small farmers to grow more millets to help address malnutrition

Tomar said millets are grown by small and marginal farmers, and not by big farmers....

National
Millets to boost income of small farmers

Millets to boost income of small farmers

The year 2023 has been declared by the United Nations as the International Year...

National
International Year of Millets: Pre-launch event

International Year of Millets: Pre-launch event

The Government of India has kickstarted the pre-launch celebration in a big way...