Tastes of the Millet Village
The "Millet Village" initiative, which started in 2013, is still ongoing and attempts to revitalise traditional tribal agriculture in Attapady's village. Ragi (finger millets), Chama (small millet), and Cholam (sorghum) are major millets now being grown on 850, 600, and 600 hectares, respectively. Millets are a kind of extremely nutritious small-grained cereal food crops that are cultivated in marginal or low-fertile soils with organic fertilisers and insecticides. The tribal community's food and nutritional security is greatly facilitated by these crops. The Scheduled Tribes Development Department and the Agriculture Department began collaborating to put it into practice. Agali, Sholayar, and Pudur are the three panchayats that make up the 2500 hectare project..
Organisation began acquiring, processing, packing, labelling, and marketing value-added millet finished products under Hill Value, in addition to millets, pulses, oilseeds, fruits, vegetables, and apiculture. The socioeconomic growth of hamlets will ultimately come from the Project's implementation.