Bhubaneswar: Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan today praised the Odisha government for promoting millet farming in the state. Chouhan was speaking at the International Symposium on Shree Anna & Woman Farmer 2025 in the capital city here.

“The farmers in Odisha are now producing 12 quintals of millets per hectare. This is higher than the national average. Earlier, they were producing just 6 quintals per hectare. I appreciate the state government for promoting millet cultivation in Odisha. I have asked our agricultural scientists to develop millet seeds having better productivity,” said Chouhan.

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