Area under millets except bajra lower than last year this season

The sowing of kharif crops in the country is almost over, and farmers will be watching weather patterns over the next few weeks.

Despite the all-round push to promote millets (now called as “Shree Ann”), sowing in this respect hasn’t picked up as strongly except for bajra to some extent.

Jowar, along with bajra and ragi, constitutes almost 70 per cent of the millets produced in the country.

The latest data from the Department of Agriculture shows that till September 15, jowar and ragi struggled to reach even the normal acreage, which is the average area covered under a particular