Policy action and advocacy for mainstreaming small millets in regular diets

1. National Policy Workshop on Mainstreaming Small Millets in Our Diets


  1. Proceedings of policy workshop


  2. Presentations made in the workshop

    1. Policy Perspectives for Mainstreaming Small Millets, Dr. Vilas A Tonapi, Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR)

    2. Experience of TamilNadu in Increasing Millet Production, Dr. K.R. Jahan Mohan, State Planning Commission

    3. Revival of Minor Millets in Tamil Nadu, Mr.K.Muralidharan, Department of Agriculture, Tamil Nadu

    4. Policy Support Needed for Establishing Decentralized Processing Units for Small Millets, Mr. M. Karthikeyan, DHAN Foundation

    5. Small millets and Market, Challenges and opportunities, Dr. Israel Oliver King, MSSRF

    6. Policy Support for Enhancing Household Level Consumption of Small Millet, Dr.Ravindra, WASSAN

    7. Comprehensive Revival Of Millets An end-to-end program on Millets Revival in Andhra Pradesh, Dr. NDRK. Sarma, Department of agriculture, Andhra Pradesh

    8. Special Programme for Promotion of Millets in Tribal Areas of Odisha, Mr.DineshBalam, WASSAN


2. Small Millets in mainstream diets- Promoting Decentralised Processing Infrastructure- A Policy Brief


3. Small millets, big potential: diverse, nutritious and climate smart- A Policy Brief


4. Introducing millets into Public Distribution System (PDS): A Pilot project by WASSAN in Andhra Pradesh


5. Supporting Millets in India: Policy Review and Suggestions for Action- A scoping study


6. Constraints and Opportunities for Promotion of Finger Millet in Nepal


7. Study of Agricultural Policy in Sri-Lanka with a focus on Small millets


8. Revalorizing small millets: Enhancing the food and nutritional security of women and children in rainfed regions of South Asia using underutilized species (Nepal component) - Policy Study Report- 2013