Millets and Minor millets

  • Among the various millet crops, small millet, finger millet, and little millet are mostly grown in Odisha. Finger millet (ragi) is the third most important food crop of the state next to rice.
  • About 96% of finger millet and other small millet are mainly cultivated in rainfed conditions with marginal care.
  • The area under small millets in the state is decreasing due to the change in the food habits of the people.