National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
A study was conducted during 2017-18 under the jurisdiction of Agricultural Extension Education Centre Lingasugur, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur. The purpose was to promote growing and consumption of foxtail millet to achieve the food security through Front Line Demonstration and by capacity building program. The problems in adopting foxtail millet crops were also analyzed through pre structured schedule. Foxtail millet seeds (HMT 100-1) were distributed to randomly selected beneficiaries under NFSM (National Food Security Mission). Results revealed that the improved variety HMT 100-1 gave higher yield (5.33qtls/acre) compared to farmer’s local variety (4.13qtls/acre). Lack of processing industries, marketing and availability of high yielding varieties were the major problems as expressed by the farmers in adopting foxtail millet. To enhance the consumption, foxtail millet based recipes were demonstrated in capacity building programmes. Among the value added millet products, Foxtail millet papad scored higher mean value followed by plain rice and bisebele bath.
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