Suitable target environment

  •         Millets are small-seeded grasses which are hardy and cultivated in rainfed area with limited moisture availability and soil fertility.
  •    Jowar (Sorghum bicolor), bajara (Pennisetum glaucum), ragi (Eleusine coracana), and little millet (Penicum sumatrense) are cultivated in different agro-climatic regions of Odisha.
  •      Barnyard millet, provides10 times more fiber than wheat and considered to be the fastest-growing crop (Six weeks).
  •      Foxtail millet is drought-resistant and can be cultivated in any type of land
  •      Kodo millet, another drought-resistant crop is ideal for fallow and infertile lands with pebbles.
  •      Millets mostly finger millets (ragi) are also grown as a sole crop in upland and medium lands (rainfed area) of southern and western Odisha, however, it is also grown in some pockets of the central and northern parts of Odisha.