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| Title: | Traditional technique of harvesting and processing for small millets in tribal region of Bastar |
| Authors: | Pradhan, Adikant
Nag, S K
Patil, S K |
| Keywords: | Kodo millet
finger millet
Jatta |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2010 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A01B1/00, A01B15/00, A01B19/00, A01C3/00, A01C5/00, A01C7/00, A01G1/00, A01G13/00 |
| Abstract: | The important small cereals among tribes of
Bastar region after rice are kodo millet (Paspalum
scrobiculatum L.) and finger millet [Eleusine
coracana (L.) Gaertn.]. The basic problem of kodo millet is the milling for
the grains, milling drudgery associated with upper husk sticking endosperm
tightly that reduces the efficiency of grain recovery from each spikelet.
Indigenous mill Jatta is made out of
well mixture of soil and straw that helps it to check deflocculating while
working, which is used by turning the upper plate. Time of milling for whole
process required nearly half day to mill 20-30 kg of kodo millet seed with
grain recovery of 40 or + 5% according to expert person. Finger millet
is placed first position with good potential in rain fed farming system and
slightly drought tolerant during any stage of growing periods. This practice is
primitive harvesting system. The unique synchronization have made of with the
harvester (elders), controller (children) and the grazer (animals). The system
is very much applicable to adopt for grazing while harvesting finger millet,
because farmers are not getting any things after harvesting finger heads. |
| Page(s): | 681-683 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.09(4) [October 2010]
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