Stressing on the importance of millets in improving
human health condition, scientists and agricultural researchers asserted
that developing small millets, based on a climatic approach, could
increase their production.
Speaking during the
valedictory session of the three-day annual group meeting of All India
Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on small millets, at the Regional
Agricultural Research Station (RARS), here on Tuesday, participants
discussed on a whole range of issues such as crop production, management
and protection. “Research must be focused on developing new high
yielding varieties in small millets. As they are climate resilient,
research must be focused on time of sowing, spacing, cropping systems,
fertilizer and nutrient management etc.,” they added.
In
addition to this, the researchers also remarked that developing
processing units for millets could develop entrepreneurship and rural
employment among women. They also stressed on popularising production
technologies in small millets among farmers. RARS Associate Director of
Research Dr. T.C.M. Naidu, SV University Professor D.V.R. Saigopal and
several others took part.
All India Coordinated Research Project’s annual meeting ends
Source : The Hindu
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