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| NFSM Coarse Cereals |
A Centrally Sponsored Scheme, 'National Food Security Mission' (NFSM), was
launched in October 2007. The Mission is being continued during 12th Five Year Plan with new
targets of additional production of food grains of 25 million tonnes of food grains comprising of
10 million tonnes rice, 8 million tons of wheat, 4 million tonnes of pulses and 3 million tonnes
of coarse cereals by the end of 12th Five Year Plan.
NFSM – Coarse cereals is being focusing on:-
Demonstrations will be on coarse cereal crops and coarse cereal based
cropping- systems. The crops involved are maize, sorghum, barley, pearl millet, finger millet and
small millets (Kudos, Barnyard, Foxtail, Proso and Little millet (Kutki). Intercropping systems
such as maize + urd/ moong/ pigeonpea, sorghum + kharif pulses, pearl millet + urd/
moong/pigeonpea/mothbean/any otherpulse should be selected depending on the area.
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