Chhattisgarh on Friday launched a Millet Mission under which the state will become a millet hub, with the Indian Institute of Millet Research (IIMR) in Hyderabad signing MoUs with 14 districts in the state.
Speaking on this occasion, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said Chhattisgarh will soon be the country's millet hub.
“Chhattisgarh will be a Millet Hub by 2023,” he said.
A press statement said that under the mission, farmers will get the right price for small cereal crops, input assistance expertise of experts.
IIMR will provide technical information, high quality seeds to farmers, help and training in setting up seed banks.
The government will take initiatives to procure millets on support price besides processing and marketing them.
The MoUs were signed between IIMR and the districts of Kanker, Kondagaon, Bastar, Dantewada, Bijapur, Sukma, Narayanpur, Rajnandgaon, Kawardha, Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi, Balrampur, Korea, Surajpur and Jashpur.
The Millet Mission will increase the income of the farmers in the forest region and tribal areas and also give a new identity to Chhattisgarh, the communiqué said.