Round Table Meeting on Comprehensive Revival of Millets of One day... · 2020-01-05 · Proceedings: Consultation on Revival of Millets in Southern Odisha 3 in principle acceptance

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: Consultation on Revival of Millets in Southern Odisha

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Proceedings of One day Consultation on

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

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, Development

Commissioner cum 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

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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 the program

presented, the Development 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 1

st 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 27

th 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 : 30

Clusters : 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 20% over the baseline on an average

ii. Production of millets increasing by 30% resulting in about 500 quintals in normal year per cluster of 100 ha (50000 quintals over the project area)


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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.

Suggestions

1. PDS inclusion should start as a pilot in the areas where millet production and consumption

is higher instead of entire state

2. As labour is major issue for farmers to grow millets , manual ragi harvests should be

promoted through custom hiring centres


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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 Facilitators

9.00 am to 10.15

am

Brainstorming on the Proposal for Revival of Millets: Securing Nutrition

and Surviving Droughts

Group Discussion:

10.15 to 10.30 am Tea break

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

Mr. Rajkishor Mishra, Advisor,

RTF

Other participants

1.15 pm to 2.15

pm

Inputs from Departments:

Agriculture & Cooperation

SC & ST

Moderated by: Dr Srijit

Mishra , Director , NCDS

Mr. Purushottam Sahu,

Additional Secretary ,


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Time Topic Facilitators

Women and Child Welfare

OTELP

ORLM (ORMAS)

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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