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ADDRESSING PRODUCTION BARRIERS IN MINOR MILLETS V.VEERABADRAN. YIELD GAP IN MINOR MILLETS IN TAMILNADU 2007-08 (Kg/ha). YIELD GAP. PRODUCTION CONSTRAINTS. Marginal environment Poor returns Local varieties & traditional management Non-adoption of technology Poor promotion.
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ADDRESSING PRODUCTION BARRIERS IN MINOR MILLETS V.VEERABADRAN
PRODUCTION CONSTRAINTS • Marginal environment • Poor returns • Local varieties & traditional management • Non-adoption of technology • Poor promotion
Production constraints • Drudgery in processing • Consumption associated with poverty • Reduced demand due to shifts in consumption habits • Lack of government initiatives
IN FAVOUR OF MINOR MILLETS • Resilience to thrive in harsh environment • Nutritious and health food • Multiple use as food, feed, fodder, neutraceutical, industrial, soil health • Short duration C4 crops for arid and semiarid tracts • Climate change ready crops • Crops for agro-biodiversity
REQUIREMENTS FOR REVIVAL Genetic Improvement Resource management technology Enlarging demand and market
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY • Conflict of interest • constraint visualisation • more grain per unit area, time, water and energy
Best suited agro-ecosystem Culturable wastelands Cultural management Best cropping system Low input, Low or no cost technology Organic production
ENLARGING DEMAND AND MARKET • Value addition • Cattle and poultry feed • Industrial use • Expand consumption zone • Sell in PDS • Nutrition and Health foods • Integration of all aspects • Change in nomenclature • Link up with other partners