Draft - Workshop on "Act on Millets" - a Multi-Stakeholder Discussion Platform for Action on Millets

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Workshop report on

“Act on Millets” A Multi –Stakeholder Discussion Platform for Action on Millets KVK, Amadalavalasa, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh, 29th May, 2015

Supported by:

Organized by: Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Amadalavalasa

W ork sh op re p ort on “Ac t on Mi ll ets ” A Multi –Stakeholder Discussion Platform for Action on Millets

W by

ASSAN has organized a one day workshop

posters and book markers in the front of conference

on "Act-On-Millets" : A Multi-Stakeholder

hall.

Discussion Platform for Action on Millets

collaborating

organization

with

called

local

community

Chinnayya

Workshop began at 10.30

based

Adivasi

am and welcomed by Ms.

Vikas

Bhudevi

Sangham (CAVS). The workshop was organized at Krushi

Vignana

Kendram,

coordinator.

create common platform for varied actors to open collective

innovative

collaborations

Mr A. Ravindra, WASSAN

towards

have shared about the context of the workshop.

promotion of food and nutrition through Millets in the district.

Dr. Sunny has explained about the themes which are going to be discussed in this workshop.

We have invited various stake- holders whom are involved

directly

or

indirectly

in

the

millets

We have categorized into 4 main themes to discuss

consumption, processing, trade, promotion and production.

A

total

of

66

participants

about millets in this workshop:

were

participated including district collector of Srikakulam and different actors involved in „millets‟ (farmers, women in the households, small processors, millets marketing

aspirants,

actors

involved

in

state-

nutrition programs, agriculture research stations, nutritionists,

officials

of

the

department

of

1.

Health and nutrition

2.

Consumption

3.

Processing

4.

Market

1.

Health and nutrition

agriculture, NABARD and others) in this workshop.

Dr.

However, health-care practitioners, traders, urban

biologist

market players, persons in the business of hotels/

about the nutritional

serving food-on-carts in the urban areas were

aspects of Millets and

missed

their

in

of

CAVS followed by KVK

Amadalavalasa

(Srikakulam) on May 29th, 2015. The purpose is to up

Secretary

the

workshop

due

to

unavoidable

S.

Kiran, has

Agro shared

importance

on

our health care. He

circumstances.

talked

about

the

We have arranged an exhibition to display different

comparative nutritional status between millets and

local and improved varieties of millets and pulse

rice and wheat and circumstance of health hazards

seeds and promotional materials like booklets,

due to changes in food habits.

1

Shri.

Laxmi

Narsimham

IAS,

District

collector

o

Srikakulam has made his remarks as follows: o

Appreciate

the

organizers

for

production, include tribal areas of neighbouring districts like Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam to

conducting

consolidate the data on production and prepare

different stakeholders meeting on Millets. He has

a note for act on millets.

begun his speech commenting that Millets is for

o

health security rather than food security. o

millets food to pregnant women and lactating women in ICDS.

Department to provide Millets in Fair shops. They

o

have agreed to provide millets at Rs 4 per kg

with him on next day.

price so we could not move forward.

Now we are discussing with Civil supplies about

Reflection to District collector:

possibilities of inclusion of Millets in residential anganwadi

centers

and

PDS

Dr.

but

Senior

scientist,

Agriculture

that demand for ragi will increase. Apparently APCM

acreage of millets covering is very low and

asked to research wing to prepare a vision document

current millet production in the district will not

on Millets, so as follow up of that they had a

be sufficient to include millets in the SNP, PDS

meeting in ICRISAT and thought to tie up with

and hostels so what do we do?

industries to promote Ragi, It was happened in case

Farmers often say that there is no market for

of maize by poultry industry.

millets but we could say there is good market

o

Patro

that farmers can tie up with breweries companies so

their estimation and field data shows that

o

T.S.S.

Research Station (ARS) Vizianagaram: He is opined

production of millets is inadequate. According to

o

Collector has asked organizers to consolidate action points emerge in this workshop and share

however public opinion was not favour about the

hostels,

The District collector is very much interested to include ragi malt in the welfare hostels and serve

6 year ago when he was a Joint Collector of Vizianagaram, tried to link with Civil Supply

o

If we have problem within the district on

potential farmer should think of open market to

The district collector never agreed to this idea of

get better price.

linking

First priority is to be given to household level

industries

consumption

promote

and

farmers

should

have

with to

confidence that they should be in position to

millets.

produce enough quantity of material and surplus

concern

production can be supplied sustainably.

how to build

If we create demand through inclusion of millets

health security

through various schemes; if farmers do not have

through

confidence to supply as per the demand we will

Millets and it should be our first priority rather than

have trouble. So simultaneously we need to work

use of millets for alcohol preparation.

on production aspects as well.

2

Our is

Dr Patro again asked about installation of single

Baliaah, Kothabaleru village:

phase processing units for 3-4 villages each so that

seeds from CAVS and cultivated in quarter acre of

consumption will increase?

land and used for his family consumption, it seems many farmers have been started growing millets for

Collector is willing support as many machines in the

the last 3 years and keeping material for self

villages but the issue is utilization of such machines

consumption.

in the field. Make a note on processing unit that

Many of the farmers who attended this workshop

each one how much of quantity can be processed in

said that they consume ragi daily in the form of

a day and how much of product is available locally/

ambalii.

village based on that we can encourage individuals

consumption.

entrepreneurs. In this case we can utilize NABARD

If we target 10000 families to diversify of their form of consumption and increase frequency of millets at households level then what would be that strategy, question raised by A. Ravindra, WASSAN

support.

Consumption

Additional

Director

of

Research,

Dr.

Bhaskar

Padmodaya Rao, Chinthapalli: He spoke about the

Diversification of millet recipes at household level

invention of KVK on various millets products in his

are another issue. Women generally cook ragi as

previous work station at Ungutoor, KVK, Kadapa.

form of malt or ambali but if we could organize a

There are about 70 varieties of millet recipes

cooking contest at village level by supplying material

developed by them and make available in the special market

outlets.

Ungutoor

KVK

have

Non millet farmers are purchasing from

local traders occasionally and use them for self

or group of people who are willing to become as

2.

He has taken ragi

they cook many recipes so master trainers can be

been

identified at village level through these events and

standardized many millet products. So there is good

use them as resource persons in the village level

potentiality to work with such KVK for promotion of

training programs. Along with local millet recipes

millets through diversifying recipes along with

they also should know new recipes. If we ask tribal

traditional recipes.

women what do you cook with millets they say

K Pentaiah from Chaparayi guda village: We are 4

simply ambali and sometimes they reluctant to

members in our home and we drink ragi ambali

describe the recipes said by Dr S. Kiran.

daily. Earlier we used to eat Jowar, Foxtail millet but

Dr Padmodaya Rao said millets can be added in all

now we have no millets except Ragi. We keep a

the recipes like Dosa, Idli, Vada, uthapam etc he

puttu (60kg) at our home in a year for self consumption. processing.

We

use

Generally

traditional women

grinders

work

in

said whatever we prepare with rice and wheat as an

for

ingredient replace them with millet by using 20%.

the

preparation of ragi if they engage with other work

Dr Chinnamnaidu, Co-ordinator, KVK, Amdalavalasa

men will take responsible on preparation.

shared

his

experience

on

conducting

training

program on millet recipes in the KVK. In the year

3

2014 they organized training program on millet

At

recipes to the local adivasi women and have got

participants opined that

positive results. So the same kind of trainings have

technology

planned by them this year to diversify millets

millets

products and in result increase household level millet

post harvesting methods.

consumption.

Dr

the

conclusion needed

harvesting

Shiva

in and

Kumar,

PD-

Srikakulam

has

CAVS is making foxtail based products and selling

ATMA

them in the special events/ festivals, they said that

shared about the role of

there is high demand from consumers on millets

ATMA on millet promotion. He opined that field

products.

demonstrations are needed for local as well new

3.

varieties of millets to see their performance.

Processing

Varieties can be promoted in large levels which have

Dr Padmodaya Rao shared his observations in the

yielded well in the demo plots. ATMA is ready to

Kadapa town that many labour families bring their

support for field level demonstration on various

Jowar, Bajra and Ragi to the flour millers for

millets. ATMA will support for conducting trainings

processing of their material during evening time

on

because they come back from agriculture fields only

technology and post harvest technology etc.

in the evening so they get time to processing their

4.

millet in the late evening. He said that cleaning and de stoning of millets is another major constrains.

organic

cultivation

of

millets,

production

Marketing

N Tulasi has shared her experiences on selling millets in the Rythubazar outlet. She said that there

Generally adivasi farmers prepare threshing ground

is more demand for Foxtail millet, Finger millet, pearl

newly by allotting some portion of agriculture fields

millet and Sorghum etc. Consumers like teachers,

for harvesting their crops and millets as well. There

Department officials and educated consumers also

are many chances to contaminate mud particles and

for millets.

small stones with millets. Farmers need supporting materials like tarpaulin sheets, and community

AGM, NABARD, Srikakulam: Entrepreneurs have to

cement

be

harvesting

grounds

etc

to

avoid

contamination.

developed

for

millet

marketing

through

organizing training programs. Production of millets data is also crucial part for developing entrepreneurs

Nimmaka Tulasi shared her experiences of difficulty

locally. NABARD will also support for value addition

in processing millets particularly removal of stones

of millets and millets processing units etc.

and mud particles. She said about 70% of their time spent on activity known as “ gaalimpu� (removal of

More discussion to be done on Market but many

mud/stones through water) to cook millet food.

local traders who were invited could not attend the meeting due to their personal reasons.

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Participants opined that many more consultation meeting

to

be

needed

to

have

చర్ా​ా విశయాలు:

common

1. Health and nutrition (ఆర్ోగ్ాం, పో శణ)

understanding about the linkages between millets promotion, production, consumption, trade and

a. What are the trends in nutrition related

market.

health issues in Adivasi areas? b. Specific issues related to women and children

As a result of this workshop few agendas have emerged to work on millets in the 7 tribal mandal of Srikakulam District. Organizers shared with those details with District Collector of Srikakulam on the next day. (See - Annexure - 2).

Medical Doctor



Nutrition

b. State Nutrition Programs c. Public Distribution System

కృషి విజ్ఞాన కంద్రం, ఆముదాల ఴలష, శ్రరకాకుళం;

d. Hotels and other eateries outside

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e. Snack food (biscuits, cookies cakes, etc.)

‘Act-On-Millets’ : A Multi-Stakeholder Discussion Platform for Action on Millets



Form & frequency of consumption



Uptake (liking) of millets in the segment

3. Processing (తినటానికి అనుఴుగా బాగ్ుచదషుకోఴటం)

Purpose: ఉదదేవాం

a. Small processing facilities for easing women‟s

1. To facilitate and promote collaborative action among

various

work at households

stakeholders/

b. Processing

actors.

c. Processing

2. To establish a discussion and enabling

ఉని

larger

business

for

value

added

products

4. Markets (మార్కెట్)

platform for „action-on-millets‟ ఆసక్తు

for

(Ravva,…)

఩నిచేయటాని​ి ప్ర ో త్సహంచటం

ధానా​ాల఩ై

facilities

(whole grain sales)

చిరు ధానా​ాల఩ై వివిధ రంగాల సంసథ లు, ఴాక్ు​ులు క్లిసి

చిరు



a. Household consumption

చిరుధానా​ాల ఩ై షమగ్ర కారారూపం కొరకు చర్ా​ావేదిక

millets

One elder woman and elder man

2. Consumption (ఉపయోగ్ం)

Annexure - 1

on



a. Local market for regular consumption అందరూ

క్లిసి

b. Special purpose markets (as health food in hospitals, schools,..)

఩నిచేయటానిక్త ఒక్ సమనవయ వేదిక్ ని ఏరపరచటం.

c. Special market outlets for farmers (Rythu Bazaar)

The main purpose of this exercise is to bring together government, private, researchers, traders, hoteliers and farmers to dialogue, and to develop collaborative action on millets.

d. Super markets & Urban markets e. Exhibitions and promotional markets

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Components:

5. Production & Post-Harvesting (ఉత్పతి​ి ) a. Integration in to crop systems

 Selection and purification of performers  Multiplication  Developing and specialising „Seed Farmers‟

b. Seed c. Agronomy (SRI in Millets) d. Critical/ support irrigation for millets e. Agri-tools for millets f.

c.

Drying yards and clean harvest

elite

Improved agronomic practices:  SRI  Manorial practices  Pest and crop management practices

Annexure - 2 Millets for Health Security (Health of humans and Health of Farms)

4. Custom hiring centers for farm implements and post-harvest 5. Farmers’ Producers Organisations (5 FPOs)

చిరుధానా​ాలతో గిరిజనుల ఆర్ోగ్ా భద్రత్క్ారాక్రమం శ్రరక్ాక్ుళం జిలలా

6. Promoting millets in Urban Areas

Draft Proposal

Targets

Components of the Program 1. Restoring household level consumption of millets (in traditional and new forms) a.

Target 10000 households

b.

Increase millets consumption by 25%

c.

Bring additional households back to millets

2. Setting up decentralized processing facilities to support household consumption and value addition. a.

b.

Households Consumption

10,000

Area



500 acres (75% ragi & jowar and 25 % husked minor millets)

Production



Increasing existing productivity o By about 3 quintals per acre for in ragi and jowar o By about 1 quintal per acre for husked millets

Marketing and Value addition



3 quintal per acres as marketable surplus 15000 quintals i.e. 1500 tons total grain for marketing and value addition Supply to PDS (millets): 600 tons Marketing of processed grains to an extent of 900 tons



One pulverizer based enterprise for naked grains (ragi and jowar) for each Gram Panchayat

 

One pulverizer and dehuller enterprise at Mandal level for husked grains.

3. Improving productivity of millet crops: a.

Target 5000 acres.

b.

Strategy is to establish a seed center at Mandal level with a central back up facility at Seetampet- that takes up the following activities:

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Promotion of local industrialisation and value addition



Demand generation for millets



 

7 entrepreneurs – one each at Mandal level 35 entrepreneurs – one each at GP level The above enterprises will double in the course of 3 years with private entrepreneurs coming in.

In Srikakulam urban areas (small towns and Srikakulam town)

S. No.

Details

1

Restoring and improving HH level consumption - Campaign with cooking competitions - Campaign at each Panchayat a) A. Preparation of a women campaign team b) B. Campaigns in the Panchayats with food festivals - an average of 10 hamlets per GP c) C. Preparation of campaign material d) D. Small video films - community level (recipes & production practices) Processing Enterprises a) GP level pulverising enterprises b) Mandal level processing enterprises (pulverizers + dehullers) c) facilitation and technical support Improving productivity a) Establishing Community Managed Seed System o Selection and purification of local varieties o Multiplication of selections o Seed Center at Mandal level with a backup facility at Seetampeta ITDA  Storage infrastructure (bins, gunny bags etc.)  Weighing machines  Tarpaulin for drying  Working capital (corpus) for seed procurement  Procurement of breeders' seed o Selection and intensive training of seed farmers (10 farmers per GP) b) Improved agronomic practices o Demonstration of package of measures to improve millet productivity  Inter cropping of millets & pulses  Improved varieties  SRI practices  Manurial practices  Critical irrigation o Harvest festivals at demo sites (expo to demo sites) o Promoting manure practices  Aerobic and anaerobic practices  Liquid manure preparation & botanicals  Promotion of green manures o Promotion of inter-cropping practices with pulses including NPM practices (seed and NPM cost) Appropriate farm mechanisation through custom hiring centers Custom hiring centers at GP level (with hamlet level sub-centers)  Tarpaulins, crowbars, sickles and other tools  SRI implements (weeders, markers) GP level community resource persons- technical (young farmers)  Training of CRPs (one week training) - 35 persons x 20 days x 500 Rs. Per day  Technical support to farmers and data generation

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3

4

5

6 7

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Facilitation costs Farmers' Producers Organisations (as per SFAC norms - forming FPO & RI Costs) TOTAL Promoting millets in Srikakulam Urban & small towns a) Street food vendors & small hotels b) Training on millet based recipes, hygienic preparations etc. c) Workshop for vendors & hoteliers with Dist Collector, Municipal corporation authorities & Political representatives d) Preparation and publication of communication material e) Communication material for wider publicity f) Strengthening Rythu bazaar outlet (with corpus) TOTAL

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Units

No.

Rate

Project Contribution (Amount)

Hhs GPs No No

10000 70 5 35

20000 20000

100000 700000

No No

5 2

50000 50000

250000 100000

no. no. %

35 7 20

20000 100000

700000 700000 350000

Acres

25 7

5000

125000

350

1500

30000 10000 6000 200000 50000 525000

@10 per GP

350

3000

1050000

1 / GP 10 farmers / GP

35 350

5000 5000

175000 1750000

acres

1000

500

500000

35

100000

3500000

700

500

350000

5250

200

1050000

@150 ac per GP; Rs.200 per ac 10%

1222100 5 13443100

20 2

10000 50000

200000 100000

50000

50000 150000 100000 600000

Annexure - 3

18. Mr.Taviti Naidu

CDPO, ICDS

19. Mr Kailash Sahoo Co ordinator CAVS Mobile: 9494164124

Participants list for the I Hub meeting at Srikakulam on 29th May 2015

20. Dr Sabya sachi Das WASSAN Program lead RRA Livestock node Mobile: 9440804860

1. Dr. Sai Leela

Professor and Head (Nutrition and Health), St. Anns College Phone: 9290100588

21. Mr.T Gnanendra Mani

Agriculture officer Agriculture Department Mobile: 8886612682

2. Ms. Sanjana

Upcoming millet trader (Healthy volks) Mobile: 9666143000

22. Mr.K Brahmeswar Rao

Program Manager, ALC India Mobile: 9493855113

3. Mr Vijay Bhaskar

Millets marketing (upcoming), NELA Mobile: 9440911748

23. Mr.Ravindra

Director, WASSAN Mobile: 9440621861

4. Dr. Chinnam Naidu

Coordinator KVK (Agriculture) Mobile: 9989623822

24. Dr Chittibabu

Scientist, DAATT centre Mobile: 9849035068

5. Mr HR Prakash

NGO head (De huller millet processing) Mobile: 9440343821

25. Mr Manmada Rao AFCO, Agriculture Department Mobile: 7382771084

6. Mr Shiva Prasad

ATMA PD Agriculture Mobile: 8886613981

26. Mr Laxmi Narayana

Scientist, ARS, Seethampet Mobile: 8985493730

7. MD Vasudevan

AGM, NABARD (Agriculture)

27. Dr S Kiran

Agronomist, Freelance consultant Mobile: 9490213293

8. Mr Chakradar Rao

ICDS PD (Agriculture)

28. Mr. SA Ramudu

9. Mr Appala swamy Joint Director (Agriculture) Mobile: 8886614001

MPDO, Hiramandalam

29. D Anil Kumar

Plant breeder, KVK Amadalavalasa Mobile: 8790819738

10. Dr TSS Patro

Senior scientist and Head @ARS (Finger millets pathologist) Mobile: 9701023194

30. Mr CH Balakrishna Scientist, KVK Amadalavalasa

11. Ms Tulasi

31. MrG Durga Rao

Millets marketing at Rhythubazar (all Millets)

SRF, NICRA, KVK Amadalavalasa Mobile: 7382677997

12. Mr. Thejeswar Rao

Head master at Tribal residential hostel

32. Ms T Vanaja

AO KVK Amadalavalasa Mobile: 9441797508

13. Dr G venkata Rao

Medical Officer PHC, Hiramandalam

14. Mr. Jagan Mohan Rao

33. Dr MLSanyasi Rao

15. Mr.Aanadkumar

34. Mr B Chinna Rao

16. Mr Laxmi Narsimham IAS

35. Mr B Gopi

17. Mr.Rajani Kantha Rao

36. Mr B Prasad

Co ordinator Millets, WASSAN Mobile: 9440561846

Additional Project Officer, ITDA, Seethampet Tribal affairs

Millet farmer, Chaparayi guda

District Supply Officer, PDS

Millet farmer, Chaparayi guda

District Collector

Millet farmer, Chaparayi guda

Additional Joint Collector Agriculture

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37. Mr A Rama Rao

52. Ms Naidu Buggamma

Millet farmer, Chaparayi guda

Millet farmer, Kotha baleru

53. Ms Malokham

38. Mr B Mokhalingham

Millet farmer, Kotha baleru

Millet farmer, Chaparayi guda

54. Mr Punnaiah

39. Mr B Simhachalam

Millet farmer, Bagaru guda

Millet farmer, Chaparayi guda

55. Mr S Mallesh

40. Mr K Chukkayya

Millet farmer, Kotha baleru

Millet farmer, Chaparayi guda

56. Mr P Gopala Rao

41. Mr T Ramudu

Millet farmer, Hiramandalam

Millet farmer, Chaparayi guda

57. Mr Sayulu

42. Mr K Pentaiah

Millet farmer, Hiramandalam

Millet farmer, Chaparayi guda

58. Mr T Somaiah

43. Mr B Tumbaiah

Millet farmer, Hiramandalam

Millet farmer,Chaparayi guda

59. Mr J RamaRao

44. Mr Lattu

Millet farmer, Hiramandalam

Millet farmer, Jagannadha Puram

60. Ms N Tulasi

45. Mr Pagadalu

Millet farmer, Hiramandalam

Millet farmer, Jagannadha Puram

61. Ms Teja

46. Mr P Murali Krishna

Millet farmer, Hiramandalam

Millet farmer, Kotha baleru

62. Mr Nageswar Rao

47. Mr K Ramu

Millet farmer, Anthili

Millet farmer, Jilakaraguda

63. Mr Suresh

Millet farmer, Mariguda

48. Mr K Pentaiah

Millet farmer, Kotha guda

64. V Sankar Rao

Millet farmer, Mariguda Mobile: 9492423370

49. Mr K Appa Rao

Millet farmer, Mariguda

50. Mr S Bapanna

65. Ms Bhudevi

Millet farmer, Kotha baleru

Millet farmer, Hiramandalam Mobile: 7382098533

51. Mr.S Ananda Rao

Millet farmer, Kotha baleru

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