Food Security
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Reviving Millets, Reviving Traditions: Odisha Millets Mission’s Tribal Transformation
The mission represents a convergence-driven, participatory effort by government, civil society and academia.
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Regional Centre of ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute – Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
The long storability of yams for 3-4 months helped farmers to get rid of food insecurity. Farmers were trained on value addition of crops. Earlier, most of the targeted tribal farmers were growing rice, ragi and maize. Few were aware of sweet potato cultivation in substantial quantities.