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Jharkhand Millets Meet & Exhibition, 2023
April 27, 2023 @ 9:30 am - April 28, 2023 @ 5:00 pm
Jharkhand Millets Meet & Exhibition
Jharkhand Millets Meet & Exhibition, 2023
Government of India, Ministry of Food Processing Industries organized Jharkhand Millets Meet & Exhibition on 27th and 28th April, 23 at Birsa Munda Auditorium, Birsa College, Khunti, Jharkhand. Recognising India’s accomplishment in feeding its enormous people and striving for world wellbeing, the United Nations declared 2023 to be the International Year of Millets. The primary goal of the International Year of Millets is to enhance awareness about the nutritional significance of millets and to promote understanding of how millets can help to eliminate food injustice and malnutrition. Government of India is promoting millets in every possible way as millets is power house of nutrition and is considered as super food.
Millets of Jharkhand
Millets, which are simply grasses, were the first crops to be domesticated when humanity decided to grow their own food. Jharkhand being a tribal area has a rich history of millet based diet system. Pearl Millet ( Ba- jra), Sorghum (Jo-war) and Finger Millet (Ra-gi) are the major millet varieties grown in the state. The state has 32934 Hectares of area under Millet cultivation. During the years 2020-2021, 2021-22, and 2022-2023,
Jharkhand produced a total of 27094 tonnes of Bajra, Jowar, and Ragi Millets. During 2019-20, the total cultivation area for Bajra was 418 Hectares with a production of 281 (tonnes) and similarly, for Jowar, 3842 hectares of area was used for the cultivation of around 2752 tonnes. Ragi Millet covers the largest cultivation area with a production figure of 24061 hectares in the state.
Objectives :
- Understanding the benefits of millet for Health and the Environment
- Assessment of credit Potential of MSME sector & fostering entrepreneurship through the PMFME scheme
- Millet AgriTech & Startup Meet: The Need for it and how is it a profitable business
- Export, Logistics & Government Interventions for millets
- Developing the capabilities of business owners through technical education, skill development, and enabling them along their value chain
Key Sessions for the Event :
- Understanding and addressing nutritional security through millets by means of nutrient management technologies, disease resistance, better drought tolerance bio- fortification, and higher productivity
- Addressing the challenges related agricultural dynamic changes in response to climate change in Jharkhand
- Exploring and understanding the gaps in productivity, technology, and extension for millets promotion in Jharkhand
- Discussing the millet specific interventions in agricultural input markets
- Finding opportunities and challenges for millets based food entrepreneurs
- Proposing incentive schemes like, MSP for millets to promote the producers across the country
- Creating opportunities for millet based research for relevant clinical data supporting beneficial claims of millets
- Creating designated market space of millets for producers in the state
- Proposing organized programs for production and supply of seeds of improved varieties
- Schemes of MoFPI, NABARD, MSME for better outreach of Mission millets in Bihar
- Potential of MSME Sector for developing a viable millet production value chain
- Developing Millet Processing clusters
Participants :
- Farmers/ Producers/ Agriculturists
- FPOs/FPCs/ Cooperatives/ SHGs/ SHG Federations/ Concerned NGOs
- Students from Educational institutes
- Government Bodies/ State Enterprises
- Food Safety and Standards Agencies
- Farmers and Agri Entrepreneurs
- Policymakers, Scientists & Academicians
- Agro & Food Industry
- Start-Ups Manufacturer
- Beverage Industries
- Food Service Equipment Dealer/ Distributor
- Industry representatives
- Anganwadis
- Panchayat representatives from nearby villages
Centre for World Solidarity (CWS) not only participated in the event but also installed a stall on the name of “Bhoomi Ka” where the products produced by the FPO Ajeevika Bhoomi Ka were exhibited, marketed and sold.
| Product Details (sold) | ||||
| Sl No. | Product | Quantity (Kg) | Product Rate | Total Amount |
| 1 | Black Rice | 10 | 100 | 1000 |
| 2 | Bali bhojana | 10 | 50 | 500 |
| 3 | Mustard Oil | 8 | 230 | 1840 |
| 4 | Moong Dal | 2 | 140 | 280 |
| 5 | Kurti Dal | 5 | 100 | 500 |
| 6 | Arhar Dal | 5 | 120 | 600 |
| 7 | Masoor Dal | 1 | 120 | 120 |
| Total | 4840 | |||
| Visitor Detail | |||
| Sl No | Visitor Name | Address | Contact |
| 1 | Manish | Puresh Dairy, Ranchi | 9920054730 |
| 2 | Dr. Anju Lata | Birsa College Khunti | 9006217047 |
| 3 | Chandra Shekhar Pingua | Khunti, P.S | 9113138452 |
| 4 | Ravi Gupta | Big FM , Ranchi | 9693680008 |
| 5 | Mili Dubey | Director(Food& Agri) | 9818133875 |
| 6 | Nupur Pal | I.S.M, Ranchi | 9304351363 |
| 7 | Bhanna | JRU, Ranchi | 7011855767 |
| 8 | Sanju Devi | Sevika, Jamuwadag | 8409856124 |
Bhoomi Ka stall was visited by many visitors and delegates. The products of Bhoomi Ka were in demand and were appreciated by the visitors. Some of the important delegates were :
