With reference to ‘Initiative for Nutritional Security through Intensive Millets Promotion’, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. This initiative aims to demonstrate the improved production and post-harvest technologies, and to demonstrate value addition techniques, in an integrated manner, with cluster approach.
2. Poor, small, marginal and tribal farmers have larger stake in this scheme.
3. An important objective of the scheme is to encourage farmers of commercial crops to shift to millet cultivation by offering them free kits of critical inputs of nutrients and micro-irrigation equipment.

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The Initiative for Nutritional Security through Intensive Millets Promotion (INSIMP) was launched under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana in 2011-12 to promote millets as Nutri-cereals.

Statement 1: This statement accurately reflects the initiative's aim to demonstrate improved production, post-harvest technologies, and value addition techniques using an integrated, cluster-based approach. Statement 1 is correct.

Statement 2: The scheme prioritizes districts with significant millet cultivation areas but productivity below the national average. Furthermore, it targets resource-poor tribal farmers in remote areas cultivating small millets, regardless of their productivity levels. Statement 2 is correct.

Statement 3: While the scheme provides free kits, they include critical nutrient inputs and plant protection measures excluding micro-irrigation equipment. The kits contain micro-nutrients, fungicides, bio-fertilizers, DAP, urea, potash, and pesticides. Statement 3 is not correct.

Hence, only statements 1 and 2 are correct.

Sources:

• agricoop.nic.in