Millet Mission Odisha was nominated for Skoch Award. The presentation was made by Professor Srijit Mishra, Director, NCDS in charge of State Secretariat

1. SPECIAL PROGRAMME FOR
PROMOTION OF MILLETS
IN TRIBAL AREAS OF ODISHA
R evi vi ng Mi l l ets i n FAR MS a nd on PLATES

2. SPECIAL PROGRAMME FOR PROMOTION OF
MILLETS IN TRIBAL AREAS OF ODISHA
www.mi l l etsodi sha .com
GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE)

3. UNIQUENESS OF INITIATIVE
ADDRESSING THE CHICKEN-EGG
DILEMMA
Production: improved agronomic practices,
Consumption: State Nutrition Programmes,
Decentralised Processing: value addition,
Marketing and enterprise
LOCAL BIODIVERSITY
Focus on using local seeds/germplasm
and improving them
COMBINING TRADITION AND SCIENCE
Combing traditional knowledge (based on
local conditions) with Science (based on
knowledge-intensive practices)
DRAWING ON EXPERIENCES
Initiative designed on proven grassroots
experiences of Civil society, Department
and farmer groups from 5 states
(Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha,
Tamil Nadu, and Telengana)
INSTITUTIONAL ARCHITECTURE
Three pillars of progress
Government, Civil Society and Academia
came together from Day 1
PILOTING IN SNPs
Exploring inclusion of millets in
ICDS, MDM, Ashram Schools and PDS

4. THE JOURNEY…Taking Millets to Millions
July 2016
Framework Approval
September 2016
Design Approval
November 2016
Guideline Approval Dec 2016
EoI process March 2017
Dept Orientation
May 2017
FA Selection
May-July 2017
Capacity BuildingJune- Aug 2017
Crop Planting
Nov 2017 Harvesting
Dec 2015
Concept Note
27th Jan 2016 Multi
Stakeholder
ConsultationMarch 2016 Scheme
Announcement
April 2016
Stakeholder
Consultations
May-July 2016
Internship

5. SPECIAL
PROGRAMME
FOR
PROMOTION OF
MILLETS
IN TRIBAL AREAS
Selection of credible NGOs
Replicability of the programme
Building ownership of the programme
Sigining of MoUs
Capacity building and orientation
Release of funds
Regular review and solving of crisis
Real time policy feedback
Bringing more academic institutions
Development of baseline
CHALLENGES
GOVERNMENT

6. SPECIAL
PROGRAMME
FOR
PROMOTION OF
MILLETS
IN TRIBAL AREAS
Three level selection process –
application, presentation, field verification
Meticulous development of guidelines
Involvement of senior bureaucrats, and
participatory orientation
Active follow-up on daily basis
Capacity building with involvement of agencies
Monthly participatory implementation plan
Ownership by Dept led to regular review
State/District level consultations
National/international partnerships –
TIGR2ESS (RCUK), Pace (US), Coventry (UK),
Meiji/Kyoto (Japan), ICSSR, NBPGR, NRAS
Participatory baseline development
STRATEGY
GOVERNMENT

7.  Addressed at the designing stage –
o An institutional architecture was
prepared wherein the line
departments of government, civil
society and academia complement
and supplement each other.
o Emphasis was given on details at the
block, district, and state level
coordination and review.
 Proof of the pudding lies in its eating
o The response at the ground within
four months of its implementation has
been beyond expectation and the
Government of Odisha is now
extending the programme to another
25 blocks under Rashtriya Krishi
 Government of Rajasthan has invited
Millet Mission Odisha to present their
design and is interested to pilot the same
in two blocks
 Similarly Tribal Development Department
of Maharashtra has also shown interest
and the initial concept note was shared
with them. Consultations to happen at the
end of November
 Many Civil society groups in Jharkhand
(Vikas Bazaar Network) and
Chhattisgarh (SRI Manch) are enthused
with Millet Mission Odisha design and
success. They are initiating conversations
with respective state governments.
 Government of India has also taken the
guidelines of Millet Mission Odisha. There
have been news reports that they are
considering a National Mission on
SCALABILITY REPLICABILITY

8. FUTURE ROAD MAP….Taking Millets to Millions
Piloting ICDS & PDS
Setting up Processing
Units in 28 blocks
Linking up Pan India
and Export Markets
Linking up markets
in Bhubaneswar
Scaling Up ICDS & PDS
Scaling to 25
additional block
Setting up
Processing Units
in 55 blocks
Taking Millets to Million
Mainstreaming
millets in SNPs &
PDS in lieu of wheat
Convergence with
other schemes:
• Integrated Farming,
• PKVY

9. THANK YOU