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PM Modi talks about 'milletpreneurs' - A self-help group of 1500 tribal women working for Odisha Millets Mission.
Jan 30, 2023

Amid government efforts to bring millets on the global food map, Prime Minister Naredra Modi in his first Mann Ki Baat programme of 2023 talked about 'Milletpreneurs' of Odisha. They are a self-help group of about 1,500 tribal women from Odisha's Sundergarh district.
The prime minister lauded the self-help group associated with Odisha Millets Mission.
 
'May I ask you one more thing? You must have heard the word entrepreneur, but have you heard Milletpreneurs? Milletpreneurs of Odisha are in the limelight these days. A Self Help Group of about 1500 women of the tribal district Sundergarh is associated with the Odisha Millets Mission. Here women are making everything from millets… to cookies, rasgulla, gulab jamun, and even cakes. Due to their great demand in the market, the income of women is also increasing,' Modi said.
 
Odisha Millets Mission is a flagship initiative of the state agriculture department to revive millets in collaboration with WSHGs, FPOs, NCDS, WASSAN and local NGOs. The state also celebrated ‘Millets Divas’ with Milli as its mascot on November 10 last year to promote ‘mandia’ or millets as a highly nutritious and eco-friendly food product.
Meanwhile, the first commercial consignment of millets sourced from women-managed farmer producer organisations (FPOs) Shaktimayee Ward Mission Shakti Mahasangha reached the international market. Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry facilitated the shipment of this maiden consignment of around 1 tonne of whole and flour of millet to Dubai.
The prime minister in his address said that in Karnataka's Bidar district, women associated with the Hulsoor Millet Producer Company are cultivating millets as well as preparing their flour. 'Through this, their earnings have also increased a lot. Farmers from 12 states have joined the FPO of Chhattisgarh's Sandeep Sharma, who is associated with natural farming. This FPO of Bilaspur is making 8 types of millets flour and their dishes.'
 
Earlier on various occasions, Modi urged farmers to adopt millets in their crops as part of government efforts to promote nutritious coarse grains.
    
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