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Jammu and Kashmir administration has approved an formidable ₹15 crore venture to prop up nutri cereals moreover selling and enhancing millet manufacturing and consumption in the Union Territory, a senior official stated on Monday.
The venture, deliberate to be applied over a interval of three years, goals to promote cultivation of millets, improve their worth addition and generate entrepreneurship alternatives for farmers, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture Production Department, Atal Dulloo stated.
He stated the initiative additionally seeks to generate consciousness concerning the dietary worth of millets, that are wealthy in proteins, micronutrients, and phytochemicals.
“Despite growing awareness and popularity of millets, their production and consumption is still limited and there are several challenges that need to be addressed. One of the significant challenges is the lack of awareness and knowledge about millets among farmers and consumers,” Mr. Dulloo stated.
Many farmers are nonetheless unaware of the advantages of millet cultivation and proceed to battle to domesticate high-input crops, ensuing in depletion of soil fertility and water assets, he stated, including these are the problems that this formidable initiative seeks to deal with.
Millets are often called the “miracle grains” or “crops of the future” due to their resilience to local weather change. They can develop in drought inclined areas and don’t require giant quantities of water or exterior inputs, making them a great crop for small scale farmers in Jammu and Kashmir, he stated.
