With the spotlight on millets this year (2023), the Kerala Agriculture department has decided to open ‘Millet Cafes’ in a bid to popularise millets and millet-based products.
The cafes will be opened in every district in a phased manner, Kerala Agriculture Minister P. Prasad told The Hindu on October 16. “We have many millet-based products today such as biscuits, cake, dosa and other snacks. The cafes are intended as outlets for these products,” he said.
According to the Minister, the department plans to have one cafe in every district. The cafes will serve millet-based foods and also have them on sale. “Our plan is to enable the ‘Krishikootam’ collectives and farmer producer organisations (FPO) to open them under the Poshaka Samriddhi Mission,” he said.
