{"id":5418,"date":"2025-06-06T06:44:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T06:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drmillet.in\/?page_id=5418"},"modified":"2025-06-07T10:22:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T10:22:24","slug":"problem-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drmillet.in\/?page_id=5418","title":{"rendered":"Problem Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5418\" class=\"elementor elementor-5418\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75af1d2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"75af1d2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74bbcb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74bbcb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Problem Statement<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61f2529 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"61f2529\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e784843 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e784843\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd1a48c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fd1a48c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"500\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%20%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20550%20500%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/drmillet.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pro.jpg\" class=\" lazyload attachment-full size-full wp-image-5640\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/drmillet.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pro.jpg 550w, https:\/\/drmillet.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pro-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drmillet.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pro-150x136.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb7045c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eb7045c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b27a2b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b27a2b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Despite rising health awareness, millets\u2014once traditional staples\u2014remain underutilized in Kerala, where rice continues to dominate cultivation and consumption. At the national level, millet cultivation has declined by over 50% since the 1960s, with Kerala witnessing a more drastic shift: less than 0.1% of total cultivated land is now used for millets, according to state agriculture reports.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcb7735 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bcb7735\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>This decline is driven by multiple systemic issues:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Lack of awareness among farmers about the economic and ecological benefits of millets.<\/li><li>Insufficient market access and procurement support, making millet farming financially unviable.<\/li><li>Changing food preferences, reinforced by government subsidies that favor rice and wheat.<\/li><li>Climate vulnerability of conventional crops, while drought-resistant millets remain overlooked.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Problem Statement Despite rising health awareness, millets\u2014once traditional staples\u2014remain underutilized in Kerala, where rice continues to dominate cultivation and consumption. 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