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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
చర్ాా 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,…)
నిచేయటానిి ప్ర ో త్సహంచటం
ధానాాలై
facilities
(whole grain sales)
చిరు ధానాాలై వివిధ రంగాల సంసథ లు, ఴాక్ుులు క్లిసి
చిరు
a. Household consumption
చిరుధానాాల ై షమగ్ర కారారూపం కొరకు చర్ాావేదిక
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 (ఉత్పతిి ) 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)
చిరుధానాాలతో 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
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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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