National policy workshop on mainstreaming small millets in our diets : synthesis of recommendations

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2018-05

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As part of the larger project: “Scaling Up Small Millet Post-Harvest and Nutritious Food Products” the policy workshop acted “To discuss and develop concrete policy support needed for mainstreaming small millets at State and Central Government levels in improving production; development of decentralized processing infrastructure; market development; and promoting household consumption.” These points are elaborated upon in detail in this report, including discussions on “Guidelines for Setting up a Small Millet Processing Unit”, and policy support needed for market development for small millets. Recommendations recognize that government policy, investment and support are essential.

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This work was carried out with the aid of a grant from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and with financial support from the Government of Canada, provided through Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

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MILLET, FOOD POLICY, NUTRITION, FOOD SECURITY, TAMIL NADU, INDIA, SOUTH ASIA, SCALING UP, GOVERNANCE, LOCAL GOVERNANCE, LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS, GOVERNMENT ROLE

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