With reference to ‘Initiative for Nutritional Security through Intensive Millets Promotion’, which of the following statements is/are correct?
- This initiative aims to demonstrate the improved production and post-harvest technologies and to demonstrate value addition techniques, in an integrated manner, with a cluster approach.
- Poor, small, marginal and tribal farmers have a larger stake in this scheme.
- 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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Detailed Explanation:
✅ Statement 1 – Correct: INSIMP (Initiative for Nutritional Security through Intensive Millets Promotion), launched in 2011-12 under RKVY, demonstrates improved production and post-harvest technologies and value addition techniques using a cluster approach.
✅ Statement 2 – Correct: The scheme primarily targets poor, small, marginal and tribal farmers in rainfed and arid regions where millets are traditionally cultivated, making them the largest stakeholders.
❌ Statement 3 – Incorrect: INSIMP provides minikits of nutrients and plant protection to farmers within existing millet clusters but does not aim to shift commercial crop farmers to millet cultivation or offer free micro-irrigation equipment.
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