Odisha Millet Mission, the Significance of Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Practices

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10.2991/978-2-38476-192-0_7How to use a DOI?

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Indigenous knowledge system; Odisha Millet Mission; Indigenous communities; Green Revolution

Abstract

The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) 2013 estimated that more than two billion people worldwide suffer from micronutrient deficiency, also known as ‘hidden hunger’, as only three crops -rice, wheat, and maize dominate the global food system. Also, the advent of a corporate food regime exposed our agri-food system to food insecurity, unsustainable food production, and climate change impacts. The situation is more susceptible in developing nations like India, as a substantial population still depends on agriculture and suffers from hidden hunger due to a monotonous cereal-based diet. Hence, recently there has been an enormous push by the Indian government and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to make a sustainable transition in our food system by focusing on the production and consumption of underutilized and traditional food like millets with the help of the Indigenous Knowledge System. This resulted in declaring 2023 the International Year of Millets and enacting policies in some states like the Odisha Millet Mission (OMM). In 2017, the Odisha government started the all-encompassing OMM program among the indigenous communities, who are the primary knowledge holders and have their cultural tradition for producing, preparing, and consuming different varieties of millets as part of their local food culture. Community-based organizations like NIRMAN are carrying out the implementation of the mission in specific districts of Odisha to revive millet production and consumption. Thus, with the help of secondary sources and content analysis, the primary aim of this study is to understand the significance of Indigenous knowledge and cultural practices of Odisha’s Indigenous communities concerning the production and consumption of millets under the policy of the Odisha Millet Mission.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ushoshi Bandyopadhyay
AU  - Archana Patnaik
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/12/31
TI  - Odisha Millet Mission, the Significance of Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Practices
BT  - Proceedings of the World Anthropology Congress, 2023 (WAC 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 57
EP  - 65
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-192-0_7
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-192-0_7
ID  - Bandyopadhyay2023
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