Odisha to develop roadmap for promoting healthier rice, millets and value-added products

Bhubaneswar, Nov 7 (UNI) In a major initiative to strengthen nutritional security, enhance farmers' incomes and promote agricultural entrepreneurship, the Odisha government will prepare a comprehensive roadmap to make healthier rice, millets and their value-added products more accessible to people across the state. Announcing the initiative on Saturday, Deputy Chief Minister K. V. Singh Deo said nutritious rice varieties developed by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), underutilised traditional rice varieties of Odisha and locally grown millets would be used to develop a range of nutritious, value-added products at a dedicated processing facility. The proposed facility will be named the…