Backward Linkage Support Project:

for Millets Supported by Uttarakhand Agriculture Marketing Board 2017 – 2020.

The Backward Linkage Support Project for the Development of Millets in select clusters for the state is a small project being implemented by SARG and is supported by the Uttarakhand Agriculture Marketing Board, Rudrapur.

Background of the Project The Agriculture Marketing Board of Uttarakhand , Rudrapur set up the state’ s first primary and secondary processing center for Millets of the state in 2017. Until this time there was no such facility to process large scale high quality processing facility for the millets like the finger millets, barnyard millet, amaranths etc. in the state.

In 2019 and 2021 SARG also facilitated for procurement.

Years	Product	Quintal
2019	Barnyard millet	4500
2020	Barnyard millet	85
2020	Finger millet	29
2020	Amaranth	624