Be millet staple food.

Draught resistant and heat resistant,

Millet is a poor man bonanza.

High in protein, iron and calcium,

Millet can substitute rice and wheat well.

Monsoon erratic, rivers depleting,

Switch over to millet cultivation

And switch over to millet consumption

Are the need of the hour in dry area.

(Millets in English and Tamil:

Sorgham – Cholam

Pearl millet – Cumbu

Foxtail millet – Thinai

Finger millet – Keppai

Kedo millet – Varagu

Proso millet – Pani varagu

Barnyard millet –Kuthiraivaal

Little millet  Saamai)

26.06.2017