A Farmer Producer Group in an Off-Grid Region of Odisha Successfully Supporting a Millet Growing Community through Decentralized
A Farmer Producer Group in an Off-Grid Region of Odisha Successfully Supporting a Millet Growing Community through Decentralized
Authors : Shruti Gowda and Ishita Roy
SELCO Foundation works towards creating a holistic ecosystem to provide reliable energy
access for livelihoods to underserved communities. SELCO Foundation works towards
developing sustainable energy-driven solutions across diverse portfolios-Agriculture,
Animal Husbandry, Resilient Micro Businesses, Health, and Built Environment.
As one of the priority sectors, SELCO Foundation is actively integrating sustainable
energy-driven solutions to meet the challenges in the agriculture sector for commoditydriven value chains such as rice, millet, spices, tomato, potato and other horticultural
produce. The goal is to develop sustainable energy solutions across these agricultural
value chains to ensure food security, diversify farmer incomes and reduce drudgery across
on-farm technology, post-harvest processing & value addition. Decentralised renewable energy-driven technologies bring great value among small and marginal farmers and entrepreneurs, FPOs, FPCs, SHGs and other stakeholders.
The ‘International Year of Millets 2023’, as declared by the United Nations General
Assembly (UNGA), is an opportunity to represent the extensive scope within the millet
value chain at a global level. SELCO Foundation strives to build a holistic and robust
ecosystem around every nodal point within millets, which can cater to the needs of small
and marginalised farming communities within India and set a precedent for growers
globally.
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