The State government has inked an MoU with the Hyderabad-based Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR), an Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) institute, for developing Kerala’s fledgling millet sector.
Agriculture director K.S. Anju and Dayakar Rao B., Principal Scientist, IIMR, signed the MoU in the presence of Agriculture Minister P. Prasad at Aluva on Friday.
Through this collaboration, the department hopes to improve processing, value addition, marketing and branding in this sector.