DOIMUKH :  The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences (FoAS), Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU), has distributed foxtail millet seeds to farmers in Namsai district under a millet promotion project for the North Eastern Region funded by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research–Indian Institute of Millet Research (ICAR-IIMR), Hyderabad, for the 2026-27 financial year.

The initiative aims to promote millet cultivation and strengthen farmers’ livelihoods through value addition and capacity-building interventions.

Under the project, farmers in Namsai, Lower Dibang Valley (Roing) and Papum Pare districts will be covered during the current financial year. In addition to seed distribution, a series of millet processing training programmes will be organised to enhance farmers’ technical skills and entrepreneurial opportunities.

The project also envisages support for establishing millet-processing, bakery and noodle-making units to improve value addition, generate income and create sustainable livelihood opportunities for farming communities.

The project is being implemented under the principal investigatorship of Faculty of Agricultural Sciences Dean Dr Sandeep Janghu.