The North-Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation (NERAMAC), a PSU under the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), has taken an initiative to generate awareness and promote the benefits of millet consumption to create an upstream effect of increased production by farmers, officials said here on Wednesday. while addressing a seminar on “Promotion of Millets in India” at Aijal Club commended the effort being taken by NERAMAC in the agri-horti sectors in general and for the promotion of millets for a healthier tomorrow in specific. He mentioned that millet is a ‘superfood’ in a true sense and that a collaborative effort between NABARD, NERAMAC and the state government would yield beneficial results to farmers.
The minister also talked about the practice of millet production through ‘Jhum’ — slash and burn method of farming and its widespread consumption a few generations earlier. With this perspective, Vanlalruata mentioned the need to bring back the gain into daily consumption through modern cultivation methods. Commodore Rajiv Ashok (Retd), Managing Director, , while setting the context for the event and welcoming the dignitaries, farmers, entrepreneurs and other participants highlighted the benefits of millets, India’s Golden Grain which is a nutritional powerhouse and reasons to use them as an alternative to rice.
He also spoke about the Central government’s thrust towards this produce over the last few years leading up to the.
