“The Union Government has declared 2023 as the Year of Millets. A series of programmes will be launched to promote millets and other nutritious grains across the country,’’ Union Minister of State for Agriculture Shobha Karandlaje said on Sunday.
These schemes will focus on increasing the acreage under millets and that millet growers get remunerative prices for their produce, she said.
She was speaking after launching work on farmers hostel and staff quarters on KLE Society’s Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Campus at Mattikoppa village in Belagavi district.
