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Scope and Growth
Potential of Millets

Prof. Pratik Potdar - Assistant Professor
Prof. Prajakta Pradhan - Assistant Professor
Mrs. Arati Pendse - Assistant Professor
DES Institute of Management Development and Research
(IMDR®) Pune

“Millets are good for the consumer cultivator and climate”
-PM Narendra Modi at the opening ceremony of the International Year of Millets
The recent G-20 summit held in Delhi on 9 and 10 September
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2023 had several local cuisines on the menu including ‘innovative
millet dishes’. It was an extension of the Indian Government’s
approach to celebrate the International Year of Millets, an extension
of the National Year of Millets celebrated in 2018, and to increase its
awareness and subsequent consumption. In this context, the authors,
through this research, would like to highlight the scope and growth
potential of millets.
Millets, one of the oldest crops being cultivated in Asia and Africa
lost their significance to rice and wheat in India, once the methods
associated with the ‘Green Revolution’ became popular. Even today,
India is the largest producer of millet in the world with an estimated
production of about 11 million tons. The key areas associated with

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