ALL INDIA COORDINATED SMALL MILLETS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
Project Coordinating UnitGandhi Krishi Vigyan Kendra
Bangalore - 560 065
LITTLE MILLETKODO MILLETPROSO MILLET
FINGER MILLET FOXTAIL MILLET BARNYARD MILLET
SMALL MILLETS : Food Crops of Arid, Tribal & Hill Areas
Crops of antiquity
Suitable for dry lands & important in hill and tribal agriculture
Food security of disadvantaged regions
Require less water, mature early and cultivated in scarcity conditions
Highly Resilient in adapting to different ecological conditions
Ideal crops for climate change and contingency plantings
Unique nutritional properties – high fiber, quality protein & mineral composition
Nutritional security of disadvantaged groups
SMALL MILLETS
15 m ha and India’s share is 20%
Finger millet: 25 countries with 4 - 5 m ha for brewarage & food; India’s share is 40%
Foxtail millet: 4 - 5 m ha, China tops and CMS based hybrids with high yield potential
Proso millet: 3 - 4 m ha, mostly in Eurasian countries
Barnyard millet: 0.3 - 0.4 m ha mostly in India and Japan
Little millet & Kodo millet: Heritage crops of India
Export potential – as bird feed and organic millets worth of 100 crore, India’s share is negligible
)GLOBAL SCENARIO
AREA, PRODUCTION AND YIELD OF SMALL MILLETS IN INDIADURING 2005-06
Small Millets Area( ‘000 ha )
Production( ‘000 tonnes)
Yield( kg/ha )
States
Finger millet 1534 2354 1534 Kar, UK, MR, TN, AP and Ors
Foxtail Millet 98 56 565 AP, Kar and TN
Kodo Millet 244 73 312 MP, Chd and TN
Little Millet 291 102 349 AP, Chd, Orissa, TN and Kar
Proso Millet 42 18 323 Bihar, TN and UP
Barnyard Millet 195 167 857 UK and TN
DECADEWISE AREA , PRODUCTION & YIELD OF FINGER MILLET IN INDIA FROM 1950-51 TO 2007-08
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Established in 1986
Head Quarters at UAS, Bangalore
13 AICRP centres and 20 voluntary centres located all over India.
Target crops - Finger millet, Foxtail millet, Barnyard millet, Proso millet, Little millet and Kodo millet
Focussed on developing appropriate production technologies to meet regional needs.
Work is multidisciplinary and applied
in nature
ALL INDIA COORDINATED SMALL MILLETS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
Centre Location Mandate
1. P. C. Unit, Bangalore
UAS,GKVK, Bangalore, Karnataka All Small Millets
2. Berhampur RARS, OUAT, Berhampur, Orissa Finger millet, Little millet
3. Coimbatore TNAU, Coimbatore Finger millet & other small millets
4. Dholi RAU, Dholi (Muzaffarpur), Bihar Proso millet, Finger millet, Barnyard millet
5. Dindori JNKVV, Dindori, M.P. Kodo millet, Little millet
6. Jagdalpur IGKVV, Jagadalpur, Chhattisgarh All Small Millets
7. Kolhapur MPKVV, Kolhapur, Maharashtra Finger millet and other small millets
8. Mandya UAS, Mandya, Karnataka Finger millet
9. Mysore CFTRI, Mysore, Karnataka Finger millet and other small millets
10. Nandyal ANGRAU, Nandyal, AP Foxtail millet
11. Ranchi BAU, Jharkhand Finger millet, Little millet
12. Ranichauri GBPAU&T, Uttarakhand Finger millet, Barnyard millet
13. Rewa Rewa M.P. Kodo millet, Little millet
14. Vizianagaram ANGRAU, Vizianagaram, AP. Finger millet
AICSMIP Centers
Varieties released during 1986 to 2009
Crop No. of varieties
Finger millet 42
Foxtail millet 17
Kodo millet 15
Little millet 13
Proso millet 11
Barnyard millet 11
POPULARIZATION OF HYV’s
Impact of blast resitant finger millet variety GPU-28 in Karnataka
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TECHNOLOGY FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTION
Application of 100% N through poultry manure out yields (18%) the recommended package of practices in finger millet
Application of 100% N (vermicompost and chullu cake, 50% each) yields on par to inorganic fertilizers application in barnyard millet
Thrust Areas• There is a need to strengthen basic and strategic
research especially in molecular biology to support crop improvement
• Technology delivery in tribal and hill areas to be strengthened
• Intensification of research on crop improvement for grain and fodder quality
• Strengthening of research on grain processing and value addition to improve demand for small millets