Millets Year 2023: India is an agricultural country. Farmers are taking the country on the path of progress by cooperating with agriculture. On the initiative of the Government of India, the year 2023 is being celebrated as Millets Year in the world. India ranks first in the world in coarse grain production. India’s coarse grains are preferred in many countries including African, America. India also exports coarse grains in large quantities. prime minister himself Narendra Modi Initiatives are being taken to encourage coarse grains. Farmers are also earning by sowing new varieties of coarse cereals.
Farmers are earning by sowing these new species
Punjab Agricultural University is developing new varieties of bajra and jowar by doing scientific research. Scientists are trying to develop biofortified species. PAU has developed PCB 165 (2020) and PCB 166 (2022) of millet and SL 45 of jowar (‘Jowar’) (2022). These are very useful species of Bajra. Good yields are obtained from them. They are also full of nutrition.
The result of the good varieties already developed has been that in the 1960s millet was able to grow 3.81 quintals per hectare, which has now increased to 35 quintals per hectare. The yield of green fodder millet developed by PAU has increased to 677.5 quintals per hectare for jowar and 647.5 quintals for millet. The dry fodder yield for jowar is 167.5 quintals per hectare, while that for millet is 112. quintals per hectare.
Coarse grains are the most in these states
According to media reports, the figures of the Economic and Statistics Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare have come to the fore. If we look at them, Rajasthan, Haryana, UP, Karnataka and Maharashtra are the top millet producing states. 17.95 million tonnes of millet is produced in India. If we look at the condition of millet, jowar, ragi and small millet, millet is 60.5 percent, jowar 26.6 percent, ragi 10.9 percent and small millet 1.9 percent. Small millet has the lowest yield among coarse grains.
Research continues on double variety of jowar
In Punjab, the yield of jowar is 21.4 quintals per hectare, while the production of bajra is 35.7 quintals per hectare. Scientists of PAU say that research is going on on the double variety of sorghum crop in a few months from the level of PAU. Right now it is being seen that millet can flourish even at 42 degree Celsius and can survive in temperature up to 46 degree Celsius. While other grains cannot tolerate more than 38 degree Celsius. If this new variety is developed, it will help in getting bumper yield of coarse grains.
Disclaimer: Some of the information given in the news is based on media reports. Farmer brothers, before implementing any suggestion, do consult the concerned expert.
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