Millet is one of the oldest foods known to humans and possibly the first cereal grain to be used for domestic purposes. Millet has been used in Africa and India as a staple food for thousands of years and it was grown as early as 2700 BC.

Traditionally millets never require any external inputs, especially chemical fertilizers or pesticide. For a majority of rainfed conditions of our country they are an ideal crop to cultivate.

Karnataka has the highest proportion of drought prone area among all major states in the country and is the second largest area of dry land in the country after Rajasthan. The land resources of Karnataka especially its dry drought prone lands that comprises more than 79% of the total arable area, have been poorly managed by the resource poor farmers of the state.

Considering the importance and issues of rain fed farming, Sahaja Samrudha, works with a vision of reintroducing millet based multi cropping system and is committed to bringing about food security to the small and marginal farmers in rain fed areas. The project is operating in four districts of Chamaraja Nagar, Tumkur, Mysore, Dharwad, Haveri and Koppal districts.