Success Story of Millets Mission block -

This factsheet presents the block-level findings and other information derived from the study "Area, Yield, Production and Value of Produce under the Special Programme for Promotion of Millets in Tribal Areas of Odisha (Odisha Millets Mission), 2017-18, Phase-1" and baseline (2016-17) reports prepared by Professor Srijit Mishra and team at NCDS.

OUTCOMES: CHANGES AFTER ONE YEAR OF OMM INTERVENTION Average area in hectares Yield: production in quintals Value of produce in rupees Value of produce in rupees per farmer household per hectare per hectare per farmer household

0.5 10 15000 11,365 5000 0.38 8.00 0.4 8 12000 4000 0.29 3,285 0.3 6 9000 3000 3.80 5,563 2,102 0.2 4 6000 2000

0.1 Rupees/Hectare 3000

Quintal/Hectare 2 1000

Hectare/Household Rupees/Household 0.0 0 0 0 2016-2017 2017-2018 2016-2017 2017-2018 2016-2017 2017-2018 2016-2017 2017-2018 Kalahandi Bhawanipatna Kalahandi Bhawanipatna Kalahandi Bhawanipatna Kalahandi Bhawanipatna district block district block district block district block

YIELD COMPARISON AMONG BLOCK, DISTRICT AND STATE

Yield: Production in quintals per hectare In Bhawanipatna block, the yield of 8.00 quintal/hectare in 2017- Bhawanipatn 8.00 18 for millets cultivated under OMM was 2.11 times higher than a the yield of 3.80 quintal/hectare in 2016-17 for millets cultivated Kalahandi 7.28 in baseline for Kalahandi district. Under OMM in 2017-18, yield of millets in Bhawanipatna at 8.00 Odisha 12.72 quintal/hectare is greater than Kalahandi district's yield of 7.28 quintal/hectare, but lower than the state's average yield of 12.72 0 3 6 9 12 15 quintal/hectare. Quintal/Hectare

METHOD WISE OUTCOME

Method wise share of produce across blocks, district and state In Bhawanipatna, farmers 100 4.28 cultivated mandia using SMI 80 method only. In other blocks 65.19 64.90 55.20 of Kalahandi district, farmers 60 67.14 100.00 100.00 cultivated mandia using SMI 40

Percent and LT method, and also 14.51 20 25.56 34.81 40.51 cultivated suan and kodo by 20.59 0 7.30 LS method, except for one Bhawanipatna Th Rampur Kalahandi district Odisha case of suan where SMI was SMI LT LS adopted.

SEASON WISE OUTCOME

Season wise share of produce across blocks, district and state OMM was implemented in 100 2.02 4.00 4.94 4.25 Bhawanipatna in rabi season 80 of 2017-18. In Lanjigarh and 60 Narla blocks of Kalahandi, 100.00 97.98 96.00 100.00 95.06 95.75

40 OMM began in kharif season Percent 20 of 2017-18 with a greater 0 coverage, which is also the Bhawanipatna Lanjigarh Narla Th Rampur Kalahandi district Odisha case for the state as kharif is the predominant season. Kharif Rabi

Abbreviations: OMM- Odisha Millets Mission, SMI- System of Millet Intensification, LT- Line Transplantation, LS- Line Sowing,

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