State Level Consultation on Comprehensive Revival of Millets with Government of Odisha

Round Table Meeting on Comprehensive Revival of Millets Securing Nutrition and Surviving Droughts in Southern Odisha

Venue : Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies, Bhubaneswar Date

: 27th January 2016

Proceedings of One day Consultation on

Revival of Millets for Securing Nutrition and Mitigating Drought Spells in Southern Odisha

D

evelopment

Commissioner

and

Nabakrushna

Chaudhary

Centre

For

Development Studies (NCDS) organized one day consultation on “Revival of Millets

for Securing Nutrition and Mitigating Drought Spells in Southern Odisha� in collaboration with RRA Network and ASHA Network. Objective of the consultation was to evolve a program for reviving

millets

in

farms

and

in

consumption in southern Odisha based on

the

experiences

of

grassroots

organizations and similar programs in other states.

Consultation workshop was chaired by Shri

R

Balakrishnan,

Commissioner

cum

Development

Additional

chief

Secretary, Planning & Co-ordination Department and facilitated by Dr Srijit Mishra, Director, and NCDS. A total of 47 participants representing civil society, government departments and programs participated. Detailed list of participants is added as Annexure- 3.

Following were major points in the discussion Setting the stage for discussion, Shri Balakrishanan, contextualized the need for reviving millets as a civilization issue. He provided an overview stressing on the need to invest on millets considering the larger health issues, hunger, droughts and climate change. He asked the group to come up with a detailed framework for action by the Government of Odisha.

Grassroots organizations (Living Farms, Chetna Organic, Nirmaan, Agragamee, Orissa and RRA Network - Malkangiri) shared their experiences in reviving millets in different contexts through different strategies in Odisha. Vidya Das (Agragamee) mentioned that program should be designed keeping small farmer in view as currently urban organic markets are monopolized by large farmers. CAVS shared their experiences in reviving millets, inclusion of millets in ICDS and Welfare hostels, establishing processing units and market linkages in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh. Endorsing the views expressed earlier, Mr. Bidyut and Mr. Raj Proceedings: Consultation on Revival of Millets in Southern Odisha

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Kishore from Right to Food campaign opined that substantial local market will develop once millets are introduced into the state nutrition programs.

Mr T N Prakash, Chairperson, CACP – Karnataka shared about Karnataka government initiative on including millets in PDS and flexible MSP for millet procurement. Mr. Ravindra A from WASSAN shared outline of Comprehensive Revival of Millets program launched by the Department of Agriculture, Andhra Pradesh. Ms Kavitha Kuruganti (ASHA Network) mentioned about initiatives taken by Tamil Nadu in spreading awareness about millets.

Mr. Debjeet Sarangi from Living Farms presented summary of the program outline evolved in the

plenary

discussion

to

the

Development

Commissioner (See Annexure 2). The following conclusions emerged from the ensuing discussion: 1. Appreciating the contours of presented,

the

Development

the program Commissioner,

asked participants to further evolve detailed operational modalities of the program to enable Government of Odisha to initiate the program.

He suggested to also deliberate on the program with the Principal Secretary, Agriculture.

2. Mr R P Singh, Director, Women and Child Department stressed on the potential impact of millet inclusion into ICDS and related schemes on nutrition. He expressed willingness of the Department to consider millets inclusion in state nutrition programs if it is within the existing cost norms. He also informed their willingness to experiment with millets in their programs on pilot basis..

3. Mr Purushottam Sahu, Additional Secretary, Department of Agriculture informed the Department’s willingness to promote millets under NFSM coarse grains component. He also suggested that a task force can be formed to look into millet revival.

4. Mr Sujoy Kar, ORMAS shared their efforts on organizing millet melas successfully.

ORMAS would be willing to market the millets, if sufficient quantities are available. .

Detailed schedule and session wise minutes is added as Annexure 3.

The group then deliberated further on the draft framework and a consensual note has evolved.

A representative group later met the Principal Secretary, Agriculture and shared the note. An

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in principle acceptance on the program has been arrived at. PS, Agriculture has suggested further developing the program details along with the officials of Department of Agriculture.

Main action points emerged from the meeting 1. A draft program framework for revival of millets evolved through the consultation and was presented to the Development Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Agriculture. An in principle agreement on taking up the program has been arrived at. (Note in Annexure 1).

The proposed program envisages to initiate action pilots in 35 Blocks in 7 districts of southern Odisha over a time of 5 years with a budget allocation of Rs. 120 crores.

A strong recommendation on inclusion of millets in PDS (with Mandia- finger millet) has emerged.

This can be a state level policy decision; this can be piloted in the program districts.

2. Principal Secretary of Agriculture will call for meeting in 1st week of February with relevant stakeholders to further develop the program framework.

3. A meeting is proposed with women and child health department to work out millet mix for their programs and to initiate pilots to be scheduled in February. NCDS to follow up and confirm the final dates for the meeting.

4. Field visit for senior officials to Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu for an exposure visit. Dates will be worked out in the next round of discussions with Principal Secretary.

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Annexure 1: Revival of Millets: Securing Food & Nutrition and Surviving Droughts in Southern Odisha Proposed Outline of the Program Output of the deliberations from the Workshop at NCDS on 27th Jan, 2016 Program 1. A scheme based program in a cluster of 100 ha: to improve crop systems, enhance production, promote processing and market enterprises and increase household consumption 2. Larger policy changes to increase MSP, procurement and inclusion of millets (Mandia) into PDS. 3. Fill in knowledge gaps in the millets economy and ecosystem at macro level; and address research gaps.

Approach 1. Because of the high location specificity – a Block based approach is more appropriate a. Kalahandi (5), Koraput (5), Kandhmal (4), Malkangiri (5), Rayagada (4), Gajapati (4), Nuapada (3) >> 30 Blocks b. Will evolve intense millets clusters (of GPs) in course of time 2. Time Frame : 5 years 3. Scale of the Program : a. Management Unit of the Program cluster: 100 ha / (may not be compact area) spread over 2 to 3 Gram Panchayats b. No. of clusters per Block: reaching out to 3 to 4 clusters in 3 years : 300 to 400 ha per block c. Total state  

Blocks Clusters

: :

30 90 to 120 at state level

d. Coverage : 9000 to 12000 ha to improve millets production and consumption, value addition with necessary infrastructure and services. e. Impacts: i. Improving household consumption of millets by about baseline on an average

20% over the

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iii. Millets integrated into ICDS and MDM schemes within the Block resulting into increased child nutrition iv. Systems of local procurement and supply of millets (Mandia) to PDS established; and millets are integrated into PDS within the Block. v. Processing facilities established to enable easy consumption at each cluster vi. Resilience at the farm level to climate variability 4. Components of the Program: a. Consumption, processing, marketing must be simultaneously addressed along with Production (because of a “chicken & egg� problem) b. Different departments need to converge in the select program Blocks i.e. each department must have its own program within the framework of the program in each Block.

5. Technical Approach: a. Cropping systems based approach with organic practices b. Focus on local farming systems and on all the millets produced locally c. Establish a seed system that is managed by community, produces quality seed locally and makes it available in time and in adequate quantities d. Improving soil health, e. Support irrigation as the key to manage drought spells and increasing productivity f.

Extension through experienced farmers and by creating local experiences in select farms

g. Local food cultures and inclusion of new recipes h. Machinery for improved ease and labour productivity in cultivation, harvesting and processing : as enterprises 6. Budgets: a. Rs.1.00 crore over a period of 5 years per 2 to 3 GPs b. Amounts to Rs.120 crore budget allocation over a period of 5 years.

7. Project Management a. Project Management Units at Department of Agriculture at State and District Levels

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b. Project Committee (for convergence) at Secretary Agriculture and District Collector at district level 8. High level committee with Devt Commissioner as the Chair a. Civil supplies, WCD, SC &ST, Agriculture, Health, Panchayati Raj (ORMAS, OLM), School and Mass Education, MSME, Farmers, Civil Society, Academic Representatives. b. Visit to sites with existing experiences in Millets (Karnakata, TN, AP). c. A possible State level institutional mechanism for program management/ convergence Broader Program Components 1. Promoting millet consumption a. Households b. State nutrition programs (ICDS, MDM) c. Value added consumption 2. Increasing millet production through crop systems approach a. Topography specific & improved crop system productivity through appropriate agronomic practices b. Establishing locally appropriate systems of seed conservation, improvement and multiplication to ensure seed availability (time, quality, variety, adequacy). c. Improving soil health d. Supportive irrigation to manage rainfall deficits/ dryspells 3. Promoting millet processing enterprises a. Local processing – for household consumption b. Processing for markets 4. Promoting trade and markets a. Establish facilities for millets storage with warehousing facilities and credit b. Decentralised procurement with MSP for Mandia for PDS pilot c. Promoting local trade and aggregation through FPOs and individual traders d. Reaching out to urban markets- promotion of millets in urban markets (melas, TV shows of recipes and other awareness campaigns) and support establishing supply chain (incentives in taxes, trade fairs.)

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Annexure 2 : List of participants S.No

Participant Name

Organization

1

Mr R Balakrishnan

Development Commissioner , Govt of Odisha

2

Dr Srijit Mishra

NCDS BBSR, Govt of Odisha

3

Mr Purushottam Sahu

Additional Secretary , Agriculture Department , Govt of Odisha

4

Mr R P Singh

Director , W&CW Department , Govt of Odisha

5

Mr T N Prakash

Chair person , CACP , Govt of Karnataka

6

Dr Sangram Keshav

WMS Agriculture Department , Govt of Odisha

7

Mr Sujoy Kar

ORMAS, Govt of Odisha

8

Mr Saroja Das

Agriculture Department , Govt of Odisha

9

Mr Pramod Mohanty

Agriculture Department , Govt of Odisha

10

Mr Sanjay Kumar Pani

Agriculture Department , Govt of Odisha

11

Mr Pradip Kumar Mohanty

OTELP Livelihood Expert , SC & ST Department , Govt of Odisha

12

Mr Raj Kishore Mishra

Advisor to Supreme Court Commissioners on Right to Food

13

Mrs Vidya Das

Advisor to Supreme Court Commissioners on Right to Food

14

Mr Debjeet Sarangi

Living Farms

15

Mrs Kavitha Kuruganti

ASHA Network

16

Mr Ravindra A

RRA Network

17

Mr Bidyut Mohanty

SPREAD

18

Mr Kailash Chandra Sahoo

CAVS

19

Mr Ramani Ranjan

PARIVARTAN

20

Mr Damodar Jena

KSSR KIIT

21

Mr Prashant Mohanty

Nirmaan

22

Mr Tanmay Kumar Jena

CYSD

23

Mr Shantanu Kumar

Dashi Bihan Sukha Samata

24

Mr Sibaprasad Sahu

AHIMSA

25

Mr S R Behra

Orissa

26

Mr Bishnu Prasad

ICSSR Fellow

27

Mr Subhrojit Rath

ICSSR Fellow

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S.No

Participant Name

Organization

28

Ms Smitha Mallick

ICSSR Fellow

29

Ms Sasmita Ojha

ICSSR Fellow

30

Mr Jangyasein Pradhan

ICSSR Fellow

31

Mr Abhijit Mohanty

ICSSR Fellow

32

Mr Daleswar Bhoi

ICSSR Fellow

33

Mr Jyotirmayee Rout

ICSSR Fellow

34

Ms Rashmi Rekha Samal

ICSSR Fellow

35

Mr Arun Biswal

Chetna Organic

36

Mr Ram Prasad

Chetna Organic

37

Mr Koushalya Majhi

Chetna Organic

38

Mr Ranjita Dash

Chetna Organic

39

Mr Sitaram Behera

NCDS BBSR

40

Ms Lucy Mishra

NCDS BBSR

41

Ms Suchrita Mishra

NCDS BBSR

42

Mr Sunil Mallik

NCDS BBSR

43

Mr S Mehra

NCDS BBSR

44

Mr Lalit Soreng

NCDS BBSR

45

Dr Rashmi Mishra

NCDS BBSR

46

Ms Aashima Chaudhary

RRA Network

47

Mr Dinesh Balam

RRA Network

48

Dr Sanyasi Rao

RRA Network

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Annexure - 3: Detailed Proceedings Introduction Participants arrived at NCDS, Bhubaneswar, Odisha by 10:30 am. R. Balakrishanan, Development commissioner arrived as per the scheduled time. Dr Srijit Mishra, Director, NCDS began the introduction to the session. He mentioned context in which consultation is proposed.

He requested Shri R Balakrishanan, Development commissioner to start the consultation with his speech.

Shri

R

Balakrishanan

greeted

everyone.

He

mentioned that he is involved with millets revival since two decades in various capacities. He briefly mentioned about his experiences as collector of Koraput in 1980’s. He touched on the below points 1. Millets are co terminus with growth of civilization. Hence millets revival should be looked as civilization issue.

2. Millets were staple food for millennium but we have destroyed the millets eco system in 5 decades.

3. Millets are climate resilient crops.

4. Green revolution strategies have increased food security but have damaged local food systems massively. It is time to take steps to mitigate problems arised due to green revolution policy framework.

5. Urban markets have huge demand for millets. Economics also favor revival of millets.

6. Research support for millets is very low. There is greater need invest in research on millets.

7. Need to improve storage and warehousing facilities for millets.

He has concluded by saying that Odisha government is looking forward to allocate some budget for millets this year. He requested participants to develop a program framework and tentative budgets which can be used template for budget allocation.

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Sessions 2 : This was followed by sharing of experiences of grassroots organizations on revival of millets.

Chetna Organic: Chetna Organic began the session with their experiences in Kalahandi and Rayagada districts. Below are the major points that came out of their experience.

Chetna organic works in 4 districts with 15000 households on sustainable agriculture practices. They have promoted SRI method in millets (mostly Mandia) in uplands. As seed availability is an issue, they have encouraged seed exchange, seed guardians, seed custodians, promoted cluster level seed banks .They informed everyone that they have recently experimented with R900 variety of ragi. This variety has yielded good results.

This was followed by sharing session by Vidya Das (Agragamee) Following were the major points made by Agragamee 1. Millet production is moving away from hands of small farmers into hands of large farmers/commercial farmers.

2. Bio diversity in millets is suffering. There is an urgent need to conserve local varieties and maintain their seed stock.

3. Agragamee is working in 60 villages with 1600 families increasing seed stock of local varieties and improving production through agronomic practices.

4. Millet yield needs to be improved in order to make it sustainable. If millet cultivation ceases to be sustainable, then farmers will shift to other crops.

5. Land degradation in uplands makes millet cultivation unsustainable. Revival of millets should also focus on arresting land degradation. Plantations such as eucalyptus, bamboo, cashew and mango are affecting millets eco system.

6. They informed that they are currently working with small farmers on conservation of local varieties .

Shri R. Balakrishanan, Development Commissioner informed that we need to strike a balance between theoretical positions and practical realities. There is a need to look into forestry initiatives such as aggressive plantations.

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This was followed by sharing session by Pradip Mohanty, Livelihood expert, OTELP. Below are the major points that emerged out of the discussion.

1. There is greater need to conserve bio diversity of millets.

2. OTELP has promoted inter cropping with millets with seeds procured from research station in Berhampur.

3. We need to explore possibility of millet cultivation in FRA lands Shri T N Prakash started the session with his role in Karnataka government. He informed everyone that he heads the commission that decides that MSP for various crops. Below are the major points of his sessions.

1. Karnataka set an flexible MSP of Rs 2100 per quintal for Ragi.

2. Karnataka included the two millets (Ragi and Jowar) in PDS in 2013.

3. Karnataka has also assured procurement for Ragi and Jowar.

4. As part of “Anna Bhagya� scheme, 25% of total amount of food grains supplied through PDS was allocated to ragi and Jowar. This amounts to 5 kg of Ragi or Jowar per family per month.

5. He also mentioned that they are trying combination of crops such as Jowar and onion to improve annual income of farmers. This is encouraging farmers to shift from sugarcane to millet mixed farming.

Challenges 1. Procurement targets have not been met during last year due to lack of awareness about the scheme and heavy unseasonal rainfall.

2. Due to lack of awareness, middlemen have benefited instead of farmers.

3. Karnataka has passed GO making it illegal for middlemen to procure at less than MSP. But it is far from being fully implemented in letter and spirit.

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After

Shri T

N Prakash has completed sharing his

experiences, Ms Kavitha Kuruganti from ASHA network shared her experience from various states. Below are the major points that emerged from the discussion.

1. In order to promote millets , price incentives should be given 2. Millets should be included in ICDS, MDM and PDS to kick-start the production cycle.

3. Efforts need to be made to spread awareness on millets in mission mode ( Eg. Tamil Nadu).

4. Need to de incentivize the factors that affect millets eco system such as eucalyptus plantations, cashew plantations, hybrid maize, etc.

After Ms Kavitha shared her experience, A. Ravindra from WASSAN shared his experiences on emerging program framework in Andhra Pradesh on millets. Below are the major points of discussion 1. Comprehensive millet revival program (CMP) is five year program taking shape in AP targeting 47 mandals in 7 districts.

2. CMP targets all aspects of millets eco system such as consumption

(rural

and

urban),

production,

processing,

institutions and markets.

3. It supports and strengthens all support systems such seed systems, soil health, protective irrigation, agronomic processes, etc.

Shri Ravindra stressed the need for setting up of processing units at gram panchayat / mandal level. It will reduce drudgery for women and increase acceptability of millets at households.

Shri R Balakrishanan, Development Commissioner, requested participants to evolve an actionable program framework by end of the day. He informed that such a framework would be help government in taking actions.

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Sessions 3 : Participants: 1. Shri Purushottam Sahu – Additional Secretary of Agriculture Department 2. Shri R P Singh, Director, Women and Child Department 3. Shri Sujoy Kar, ORMAS

There was another round of introductions between participants.

Shri R P Singh informed everyone about initiatives of Women and Child department. He informed that they are very interested to include millets in as many schemes as possible.

Below are the major points that emerged from discussion 1. Currently 40 lakh beneficiaries in Anganwadis receive a wheat mix. Department is exploring the possibility of including millets mix in place of Wheat mix.

2. Department is open to include millets in ICDS hostel menus and MDM scheme on pilot basis.

3. Department is open to hot cooked meals and millet based snacks in welfare hostels.

4. Department is willing to experiment with new ideas on a pilot basis.

Shri R P Singh requested the participants to work with Women and Child Department in evolving the millet menus and millet recipes. These recipes can be included in the current schemes if expenditure lies within the existing cost norm. He agreed readily to the suggestion that entire Anganwadi infrastructure should be used in creating awareness about millets.

Shri Purushottam Sahu informed that department of agriculture has not focussed on millets intensely till now but they are planning to change that.

He requested his department officials to update participants on the millet initiatives of department. Below are the major points that emerged out of discussion.

1. Only maize is being promoted under NFSM coarse cereals category. Additional secretary informed that they would consider allocating budget for promotion of millets under NFSM.

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2. Much of the land has shifted from millets to maize then to plantations. Department agreed to step up efforts to bring more land under millets or arrest the decline of land under millets.

3. Department is considering setting up a taskforce on millets.

After discussion with department of agriculture, Shri Sujoy Kar from ORMAS spoke about marketing of millets. Below are the major points that emerged out of the discussion 1. ORMAS is not able to procure millets as it is not available in enough quantities.

2. There is no problem for marketing if enough quantities are available.

3. It is looking for resource maps on millets so that they can ensure better market linkages.

4. It is also looking for branding and selling of millets in urban market through tie ups with private dealers.

Ms Vidya Das from Agragamee informed that though market is available, backward linkages are a big problem. She reiterated need to focus on small farmers. After sharing session by ORMAS, CAVS shared their experiences from Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh. Below are the major points that emerged from discussion 1. CAVS achieved nearly 14200 acres as part of forest rights act.

2. After accessing land rights, they started working on millets.

3. It initiatives led to increase in millet area from 300 acres to 3500 acres in 4 years 4. The collaborated with ITDA to include millets in ICDS and Welfare hostels covering 27000 children.

5.

They collaborated with ITDA to establish processing units in the area.

6. They trained many entrepreneurs in millet based items.

7. They introduced ragi porridge and snacks in ITDA hostels for 20000 students and 10000 students respectively.

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Ms Kavitha Kuruganti (ASHA) mentioned experiences of Timbuktu and Sahaja as success example of marketing millets using innovative strategies. Timbuktu has build institutions and brand value over a period of time period. Sahaja sells millet products through meticulously organized festivals. They provide a platform for farmers to sell their produce.

Mr. Ramani from RRA network Malkangiri mentioned about the initiative of including millets in evening snacks in ITDA hostels. This initiative began with one school in Malkangiri Block and was extended to other schools in Maithili block. A total of 3000 students are receiving the millet based snacks in the evenings.

Shri Bidyut Mohanty from SPREAD mentioned that if millets are included in the ICDS and PDS, then there is no need to explore urban markets.

Shri Pradip Mohanty, Livelihood Expert, OTELP mentioned that support from agriculture department should improve in setting up processing units.

Agriculture department should also conduct exposure visits to other states to officials at various levels to improve capacities.

Chetna Organic: After experience sharing by Livelihood expert of OTELP, Chetna Organic shared their experiences. They mentioned their work on seed conservation, multiplication and seed exchange programs. They informed that R900 variety has shown good results this year. It was procured from ARS Vizianagaram.

Shri Ravindra mentioned option of exploring training local Adivasi youth to become seed traders in indigenous seeds. These traders can take seed multiplication, seed conservation and seed trading as a livelihood option. He mentioned that similar attempts are being made in Andhra Pradesh.

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Shri Debjeet Sarangi from Living Farms mentioned that government schemes promote organic farming. He mentioned the INSIMP scheme where fertilizers were promoted and through a letter from Agriculture Director it was changed for few districts.

Shri Rajkishore Mishra, Advisor to Supreme Court Commissioners on “Right to Food” Case mentioned some problems faced in procuring millets such as weight loss, storage issues, quality issues etc.

He supported the initiatives to include millets in ICDS and MDM but insisted that detailed logistics plans should be taken into consideration.

Dr Srijit mentioned that efforts should be made to make some districts/blocks in to millet districts or millet blocks. He cited example of “Sikkim “to aim for turning Odisha into organic millet state.

Ms Kavitha also seconded Dr Srijit that some blocks should become organic areas by end of the program. She also stressed the importance of including millets under NFSM and reducing budget allocation for maize. Shri Bishwa Mohan from Orissa NGO mentioned that following organic practices have increased quality of seeds after some cycles.

Shri Prashant Mohanty from Nirmaan mentioned that it is important to understand that millet farming is mixed farming system. Hence policy frameworks should take this into consideration.

After the discussion, participants broke for lunch. In the post lunch session participants worked to develop a program outline as requested by Development commissioner. Program framework is attached as Annexure 1.

After working on program framework, Dr Srijit Mishra thanked all the participants. He gave closing statements and concluded the consultation.

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Annexure - 4: Schedule Agenda Time

Topic

9.00 am to 10.15 am

Brainstorming on the Proposal for Revival of Millets: Securing Nutrition and Surviving Droughts

10.15 to 10.30 am

Tea break

Facilitators Group Discussion:

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION 10.30 to 10.35 am

Welcome and introduction of the Round Table discussion on the theme

Dr. Srijit Mishra, Director, NCDS.

10.35 to 10.40 am

Opening Remarks

Shri R. Balakrishnan, Development Commissioner cum Additional Chief Secretary, Govt of Odisha

10.40 to 11.30 am

Sharing of field experiences from Odisha Facilitator:       

Living Farms Chetna Organic Nirman Agragamee Malkangiri RRA Network CAVS Other participants

11.30 to 11.45 am

Experiences of Karnataka in introducing Millets into PDS

Dr. T.N. Prakash, Chair, CACP, Govt of Karnataka

11.45 to 12.00 pm

Comprehensive Revival of Millets program, Department of Agriculture, AP

Shri Ravindra A, WASSAN

12.00 to 12.15 pm

Emerging Scenario of Millets: National Landscape

Ms. Kavitha Kuruganti, ASHA Network

12.15 to 12.45 pm

Proposed Program on Revival of Millets: Presentation on the Summary of Group Discussion.

Mr Debjeet Sarangi , Living Farms

12.45 to 1.15 pm

Other Views 

Right to Food Campaign

 

1.15 pm to 2.15 pm

Mr. Rajkishor Mishra, Advisor, RTF Other participants

Inputs from Departments:

Moderated by: Dr Srijit Mishra , Director , NCDS

 



Agriculture & Cooperation SC & ST

Mr. Purushottam Sahu, Additional Secretary ,

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Time

Topic   

Women and Child Welfare OTELP ORLM (ORMAS)

Facilitators  



Agriculture Dept, R P Singh , Director , Women and Child Welfare Mr. P.K. Mohanty, Livelihood Expert, PSU Mr. Sujoy Kar, Dy CEO, Marketing Other Participants

Lunch Break 3.00 to 6.30 pm

Brainstorming on development of Program Framework for revival of millets

Moderated by: Dr Srijit Mishra , Director , NCDS

6.30 to 7.30 pm

Meeting with Principal Secretary , Department of Agriculture

Dr Srijit Mishra, Director, NCDS submitted the outline of program framework.

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