Commemorating the ‘International Year of Millets’, the millet-based food products made in Chittoor are all set to be exported to California, U.S.
The export-ready food products, produced and neatly packed by rural women under the aegis of the Chittoor District Rural Development Agency (DRDA), were formally handed over to Collector S. Shanmohan here on Friday by a team comprising DRDA Project Director D.M.K. Tulasi, District Manager (Jobs) Sarita Reddy and others.
The products include delicacies like laddus, murukulu, burelu, chekkalu, mixture, etc., all made of pearl millet (sajjalu), sorghum (jonnalu), foxtail millet (korralu), finger millet (ragi) and so on. Mr. Shanmohan called it a successful step forward by the women’s groups towards self-reliance.
