Member of Legislative Assembly Channareddy Patil Tunnur has appealed to farmers to grow more millets to meet the demand not only from within the country but also from all over the world as millets have now commonly become the super food due to government efforts.
He was addressing a gathering after inaugurating a Millets and Organic Food Festival at the Agriculture College in Bheemarayanagudi of Shahapur taluk on Wednesday.
The programme was jointly organized by the district administration, the Zilla Panchayat, the Agriculture Department, the University of Agriculture Science (UAS) Raichur, the Karnataka State Agricultural Produce Processing and Export Corporation Limited (KAPPEC), the District Krishik Samaj and Atma Yojana.
