F.No. CPS 6-1/2013-CU-lGovernment of India

Ministry of AgricultureDepartment of Agriculture & Cooperation

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(CoEs) and measures taken by them to popularize these recipes held on 10.05.2014 at03.30 PM under the chairmanship of Joint Secretary (Crops) at Mahalanobiss Hall,Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi-reg.

********The undersigned is directed to enclose herewith a copy of the minutes of the meeting to

review of recipes developed by Centre of Excellence (CoEs) and measures taken by them topopularize these recipes held on 10.05.2014 at 0330 PM under the chairmanship of JointSecretary (Crops) in Mahalanobiss Hall, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi for information andnecessary action. ~

Additional Commiss oner (Crops) 1oIL----'Distribution:-

1. Vice-Chancellor, CCS HAU, (CoE, Pearl millet) Hissar.2. Vice-Chancellor, UAS, GKVK, (CaE Small Millets) Bengaluru-560065.3. Managing Director, Small Farmers' Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC), 3, Siri

Institutional Area, August Kranti Marg, Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110016.4. Assistant Director General (FFC), Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi.5. Director Research, CCS HAU, (CaE, Pearl millet) Hissar.6. Director Research, UAS, GKVK, (CaE Small Millets) Bengaluru-560065.7. Director, Directorate of Sorghum Research (CaE, Sorghum), Rajendra Nagar,

Hyderabad - 500030.8. Director, Directorate of Maize Research, LARI, Pusa, New Delhi.9. Director of Agriculture, Govt. of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

Copy to:1. PPS to Agriculture Commissioner, DAC, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi.2. PPS to Joint Secretary (Crops), DAC, Krighi Bhavan, New Delhi.

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J. PS to Director (Crops)/ADC(Crops)//OC(See"ds)/, DAC, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi.

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Minutes of Meeting held on 10.05.2014 to review the recipes developed by Centre ofExcellence (CoEs) and measures taken to popularize the recipe.

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A meeting to review the recipes developed by Centres of Excellence (CoEs) and

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(Crops) on ro" May, 2014 at 3:30 P.M., Krishi Bhawan New Delhi. The list of participants is

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~ Additional Commissioner (Crops) welcomed participants and gave a brief introduction

regarding establishing of Centers of Excellence under INSIMP and Nutri-Farrns

programmes.

• Joint Secretary (Crops) said that the main purpose of meeting is to know about the

extent of popularization of the recipes developed by the CoEs on nutri-rich crops i.e.

millets.

• Principal Investigator, CCS Haryana Agricultural University highlighted the different

value added products developed from pearl miIIet in combination with other grains like

maize, soybean, rice etc. She also informed that CoE has organized different types of

trainings for the benefits of scientists, farmers, farm women and self help groups (SHG)

regarding various recipes developed and nutritional value of pearl millet. In addition,

numbers of awareness campaigns like melas were organized to educate the masses on

the nutritive value of pearl millets. The university has signed two MoUs with Kamboj

Fruits Private Limited and DKS Enterprise for commercialization of value added

products of pearl millet.

• Director of Research, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore informed that

CoE has developed many value added products of small millets like foxtail millets,

barnyard millets.

• Joint Director, Uttar Pradesh has informed that fund have been released to establish

"Centre of Excellence" for nutri-rich crops at "Sam Higginbottam Institute of

Agriculture Technology and Science, Naini, Allahabad. The Institute has developed a

number of recipes. He further informed that institute has organized 11 trainings for the

group leaders and exposed 424 trainees to recipes preparation on four crops namely

bajra, millet, wheat and rice ..

• Scientist, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur informed

processing and value addition of maize. The university has plans to develop and

standardize the technologies for extruded products of maize as well as to develop

entrepreneurship and appropriate strategies to promote primary food processing and

recipes making for maize products.

• Scientist, Directorate of Sorghum Research, Hyderabad informed that CoE has

developed and standardized recipes on sorghum. 16 trainings were organized benefiting

one thousand stakeholders from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and

Maharashtra. He further informed that DSR has also entered into MOU for

commercialization of 'Eat Rite' sorghum products with organizations like Britannia

Industies, Hope Blessing Pvt. Limited, ITC (Foods) Limited, Heritage Fresh Limited,

Bhagyanagar Foods etc. He stressed that problem of rancidity of millets has been

solved which have resulted in extended shelf life of the millets. He was also of the view

that the scope of this projects may also be extended in states like Rajasthan, Maharashtra

and Gujarat as these states are major producer of millets.

• Joint Secretary (Crops) in his concluding remarks stated that in spite of

all the efforts, the area under coarse cereals except maize is declining in the country ..

The Central Government has allowed the states to procure coarse cereals. Centres of

Excellence (CoEs) for different millets have developed and standardized numbers of

recipes which is encouraging but these have not become very popular. Efforts should be

made to popularize these recipes through mass media like television shows, spreading

awareness about these recipes to big food companies who can market these on large

scale. The CoEs should continue to popularize these recipes and develop new recipes as

may be demanded by food chains.

After detailed discussion, the following action points emerged area as under:

I. CoEs for Pearl Millet, Small Millets and Sorghum will submit proposal for

three years i.e. 2014-15 to 2016-17 along with utilization certificate and

physica,- & financial progre~ repo!t of earlier projects.

2. MPUAT, Udaipur, and SHIATS, Allahabad will utilize the funds for

establishment ofCOEs as released by respective State Government under Nutri-

Farms scheme.

3. All CoEs will explore commercialization of recipes of coarse cereals through

MoUs with major entrepreneurs /industries/food chains.

4. DSR, Hyderabad will organize a meeting with all major

entrepreneurs/industries/food chains to spread awareness about value added

products of coarse cereals. All other CoEs will also be invited, DAC will also

organize such a meeting in the Ministry. All CoEs send list of companies to be

invited.

Meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the chair

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Annexure-I

List of Participants

1. Shri Sanjay Lohiya, Joint Secretary(Crops), DAC, Krishi Bhawan,New Delhi.2. Dr. D.P Malik, Additional Commissioner (Crops), DAC, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi1 Shri S. Selvaraj, Deputy Commissioner (Seed), OAr:, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi4. Dr. O.P. Yadav, Director, Directorate of Maize Research, IARI, Pusa, New Delhi.5. Dr. S.Siwach, Director of Research, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana.6. Dr. M.A.Shankar, Director of Research, UAS Banglore.7. Dr. G.K. Mathur, Prof. & P.I, Dept. Of Dairy & Food Tech., Maharana Pratap

University of Agriculture & Technology, Udaipur.8. Dr. Asha Kawatra, Prof. & PI, CoE Pearl Millet, Deptt. of Food and Nutrition,

CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana.9. Dr. B. Dayakar Rao, PI & Team, Directorate of Sorghum Reserch (DSR), Rajendra

nagar, Hyderabad.10. Rajesh Kumar Gupta, lDA (Agri. Stat.) Krishi Bhawan, Luckhnow, U.P.11. Dr. Nikita Wadhawan, Asstt. Prof. & Co-PI CTAE, MPUAT, Udaipur.12. Dr. Veenu Sangwan, Asstt. Prof., Food & Nutrition, CCS HAU, Hisar, Haryana.13. Dr. J.P Singh, Consultant (Oil Seeds), DAC, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi.14. 'Dr. A.K Mehta, Consultant NFSM, DAC, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi.15. Shri Philip Ratnam, Managing Director, Hope Blessing Entp. Pvt. Ltd., J-303, Green

Valley, Sec-42, plot 18, Dwarka, New Delhi-l 10075.16. Dr. M.N. Singh, Joint Director (Crops), NFSM, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi17. Dr. S.K..Yadav, STA (Crops) DAC, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi.

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