Millet Mania: Seeds of Change

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Love for millets is turning into a movement in Chennai. Five thousand children from twenty five schools in the city gathered to plant a millet seedling each, in just a minute. Every student was given a pot with soil. Students ought to nurture these at home and send a picture of the grown up plant for a certificate, by scanning a QR code given. Seeds of around twenty different varieties of millets including Ragi, Jowar, Bajra and Kambu were given.

Globally, a third of malnourished children live in India. Nearly fifty percent of girls in India are anemic, suffering from iron deficiency. Rich in protein and iron, millets called smart food could effectively tackle this. “The idea is to raise awareness on millets among children and we hope they and their families would make millets a regular part of their food” said Vasuki Vinothini S, Chairman and Managing Director, Kurukshetra IAS Academy that had organised this.

Called Aram Vidahippoam or Let’s sow goodness, the campaign also won a slot in the Asia Book of a Records for “maximum number of students planting millet seedlings in one minute”. “I have understood about malnutrition and how millets could help. It’s so nice to know how our ancestors had used millets” said Thalin Raj G, a class VII student to tellmystory.in Suryadharshini a class XI student says “This gives me happiness and I’ve planned to grow more millets”.

The United Nations had declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets” to raise awareness and increase millet production and consumption.

Co-organised by Bodhi Charitable Trust, Federal Bank, Tamil Nadu had supported the cause.

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