Recipe on Millets Distributed by SWWS on Agriculture Exhibition
Odishabarta
Paralakhemundi-5 days program on Agriculture Exhibition organized by Agriculture Department since 28th November to 2nd December 2023.On this occasion various equipments of agriculture showed in various stalls & regarding schemes on agriculture presented by the officials.
But surprisingly the leading organization SWWS(Society for the Welfare of Weaker Sections)which is working for down trodden since above 30 years & regarded as number one on millets program in Gajapati district.By the instruction of President of SWWS D. Jagannath Raju the staff on their stall in the exhibition impressed the visitors for various items in millets.Visitors willingly ate those nutritious food from millets eg;ragi, janna, suan & others.From those above millets recipes like idly, upma, halwa, soup,khiri & others made. Crowd,too, pulled on their stall. MLA Paralakhemundi KNarayan Rao also visited their stall & accoladed for such innovation by SWWS. He also ate few items. Agriculture staff,too, spelled bound for such team work of the organization.Those millets collected from various interior pockets of Rayagada block. Besides recipes they also sold cake, biscuits, ragi powder in packets. Those are on high demand by the visitors who showed their interest to purchase.
Led by senior staff & Coordinator Surendra Panda,CEO Srimaa Devi & other staff coordinated to apprise the importance of millets to visitors as the year 2023 declared as International Millet Year.Mainly through completely organic pursuits those millets produced in hill slope & other areas. Usually decades back those tribals & even now use to eat rice from the millets named ‘Janna’ usually produced in hilly slope land that contain more nutritions.District administration,too, nurtured to encourage more millets where in various blocks of Gajapati district,at anganwadi centres those millets made ‘chatua’ too served for children & maternity care mothers.Such endeavor excelled by SWWS brought highest recognitions in this district too.
