Lack or near absence of minimum support price is the key limitation for the production of small millet crops in the country. Bringing small millets under MSP will create a supportive environment that has long term dividends ranging from sustainable food and nutrition security to protection of environment.
Despite being a staple food in semi-arid tropics and drought-prone regions in India, millets consumption is low as people perceive it as traditional, coarse and of low aspirational value. Investment through increased awareness, availability of quality products that appeal to people¡¯s taste, acceptance of millets as climate smart nutritious diet will not only enhance dietary diversity but also will put pressure on improving supply.
Inadequate availability of efficient millet processing equipment in our country, is one of the key limitations of the millet ecosystem. It can be addressed by encouraging research and development to bring highly competitive processing equipment in the market.
Millets are classified as ¡°coarse grains¡± and are a part of staple diet in some parts of rural India. While millets are nutritionally superior to cereals, their consumption is skewed to subsistence farmers or families belonging to lower income strata. There has been newfound demand in urban markets, however it is yet not significant to accelerate movement across value-chain.
A three-day regional conference on the theme of improving humanitarian response and strengthening food systems in climate fragilities and disasters was organised from 30 November to 2 December by the National Institute of Disaster Management and United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ with the thematic session partners, Global network of civil society organisations for disaster reduction and U-Inspire Alliance.
This document on good practices compiles and collates innovations in THR programmes in various States and Union Territories. Aspects related to production, distribution, hygiene, labelling, packaging, monitoring, and quality assurance have been reviewed to generate a catalogue of good practices.
The study aims to draw a minimum sample across five states to capture beneficiary perspectives on the pulses received through the Govt. of India¡¯s Pulses scheme during the period of September 2018 to August 2019.
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) India has undertaken several demonstration projects with the state governments of Odisha to showcase the impact, operational feasibility and cost efficiency of rice fortification on children's health and nutrition.
This good practice compendium is an outcome of ¡®the Map and Exchange Good Practices (MEGP) Initiative¡¯ jointly led by National institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) and United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ.
The case studies given in this document will give a holistic understanding of how Odisha Millet Mission has managed to make an impact on the millet value chain leading t an increase in its demand and supply.
This publication highlights why millets should be included in social welfare schemes to increase their availability and therefore per household consumption. To maintain the regular supply of millets under any of the schemes, the quality and quantity of raw millets should be monitored continuously.
The evaluation was commissioned by the independent Office of Evaluation to provide evaluative evidence for accountability and learning to inform the design of the next Â鶹ÊÓƵ country strategic plan (CSP) in India. The evaluation covers Â鶹ÊÓƵ activities implemented from 2019 to November 2021 as implemented both at the national level and in the states of Kerala, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
This decentralized evaluation was commissioned by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ India Country Office and covers the Pilot Project towards Improving Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) through the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme in Jaipur District of Rajasthan during 2020-2023. It was carried out in 2021-2022.
This case study presents insights and lessons learnt from India¡¯s successful ¡®pilot-to-scale¡¯ approach for rice fortification in order to address micronutrient deficiencies
The research provides strategic insights to understand how gender norms affected food distribution within households and what could be recommended to the Government to address this issue. The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on access to food was also examined.
Every day, poor and vulnerable families must make difficult decisions on how to share the food among the members of their households. This information note summarizes results of intra-household behaviour/patterns of food distribution and consumption and its association with individual food security and nutrition.
Every day, poor and vulnerable families must make difficult decisions on how to share the food among the members of their households. This information note summarizes results of household access to food-based safety nets and the effect of COVID-19 on intra-household access to food.
