Millets have become the important and inevitable component in the diet schedule of the people all around the world to combat various illness due to changed life styles. India is not an exception to it. But the problems of millet growers have never been addressed fully by the different stakeholders. Accordingly, they themselves adapted to the specific model that helps them to get their income increased. In this context, this study was conducted in different PPP models in millet cultivation in order to assess the impact of various models on the farming of the millet growers. The study was taken up in Dharmapuri and Tiruvannamalai districts of Tamil Nadu. The respondents constituted were the members of Farmer Producer Company, the farmers incontract farming and the farmers in CIGs in the selected districts. Data were collected using well-structured interview schedule and focused group discussion method. The impact of PPP models with regard to farming was studied under three dimensions, namely, yield of different millets, change in net income level and farm development. The datawere analysed using frequency and percentage analysis. Findings of the study revealed that, there has been spectacular increase in yield obtained in the millets like Samai, Ragi, Thinai, etc. through the adopted PPP models. This lead to increased income level which in turn helps the millet growers to take up the farm development activities.
Public private partnership, impact, yield, net income, farm development
