millet farming

Palak Arora, founder of Millium, is improving the future of traditional millet farming with her food brand. Combining food engineering expertise and a passion for nutrition, she is making healthy and ready-to-cook millet mixes accessible to modern consumers across India and supporting local farmers.

Meet the entrepreneurs turning millets into modern, nutritious foods, supporting India’s small-scale farmers while championing sustainability.

IAS officer Sushant Gaurav won the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration for his outstanding work of transforming Jharkhand's Gumla district through ragi (finger millet).

Hailing from Odisha's Koraput district, tribal farmer Raimati Ghiuria has preserved 30 varieties of millets and trained hundreds of women.

Quitting his corporate job, K V Rama Subba Reddy took up millet farming and launched Mibbles, a venture that sells healthy millet snacks. For his work, he is regarded as Andhra’s ‘Millet Man’.

Mogulamma lost her husband, failed multiple times and faced days when she couldn’t afford a meal. Despite it all, she refused to bow down, and continued to fight like a warrior.

Malnutrition, depleting groundwater & unstable incomes — thanks to Sheelu Francis, 30000 families are using millets to tackle all these three problems together!

The Chizami village is at the forefront of championing women’s rights, supporting sustainable livelihood and restoring traditional food systems and agricultural practices in Nagaland.