Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Monday asked agriculture scientists to develop high-quality millet seeds to make it a profitable crop so that farmers can divert towards it.

Chouhan said this while addressing the international symposium on Shree Anna (Millet) and Woman Farmer here on the occasion of ‘Mandia Divas’ (Millets Day).

The farmers are looking for crops which will give them better financial benefits. So, it is a challenge before us to make millet a profitable crop so that the farmers can divert toward the cultivation of millets, he said.

Odisha has done good work by enhancing the millet production from 6 quintal per hectare to 12 quintal per hectare and surpassed the national average, he said.

Still, there is a huge task before our scientis

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