www.tjprc.org editor@tjprc.org STATE-OF-THE-ART OF KNOWLEDGE ON UNDERUTILIZED MILLETS: KODO AND KUTKI, GROWN IN TRIBAL AREAS OF INDIA NIDHI KAUSHIK 1 *, KOMAL CHAUHAN 2 , MANJEET AGGARWAL 3 & RAKESH KUMAR KHANDAL 4 1,2,3 Department of Basic and Applied Sciences, National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management, Sonepat, Haryana, India 4 India Glycols Limited, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India ABSTRACT This review of literature aims to arrive at the state-of-the-art-of-knowledge on millets, starting from their farming to processing. Though research done on all types of millet is reviewed, here emphasis has been given to two varieties of millet i.e. Paspalum scrobiculatum(Kodo) and Panicum sumatrense (Kutki), widely grown in tribal areas in different regions of India. Why farmers over the years have shifted from growing millets and what technology-interventions need to be provided to them so that they start growing them again are the key points of focus, here. What all approaches and methodologies tried and tested by researchers to resolve challenges to meet desired results, would also be examined. The future course of actions and a path forward to facilitate farmers so that they adopt cultivation of Kodo and Kutki again has been prepared. This review has revealed certain specific gap areas, both technological as well as commercial, which would be necessary to bridge in order to make Kodo and Kutki to be preferred crops again. Designing new products based on Kodo and Kutki and making post-harvest management practices of these crops easier for their growers have been the key findings of this study. Once a number of products, of mass consumption, based on these millets, are introduced in the market and the consumers are convinced about their nutritional benefits, the demand for these millets will rise and as a result, farmers will find Kodo and Kutki as cash crops. KEYWORDS: Kodo, Kutki, Nutrition, Processing; Shelf-life & Value-Addition Received: Dec 12, 2021; Accepted: Jan 02, 2022; Published: Jan 11, 2022; Paper Id.: IJASRJUN202205 INTRODUCTION In the developing world, hunger and poverty are the most challenging problems that remain unsolved despite the fact that there have been advancements in science and technology leading to multi-fold increase in the production of food grains. It is due to: a) urbanisation and industrialisation making population shift from villages to cities and b) land available for agriculture has reduced with time[1]. All these are interrelated and depend on each other. Unless problems associated with the so-called development and growth is resolved, sustainability of humans on earth will remain an issue of concern for policy makers, all over the world. Already, there is an excessive load on traditional agriculture products and hence, there is an urgent need of identifying the alternate source, mainly of staple food. FAO document,2017on trends of agriculture [2] in the world has clearly highlighted the urgent need for solving this. Countries like India which are dependent on agriculture to sustain their economic growth will have to make extra efforts towards that. Till the other day, 80% of the population in India lived in villages. Just in a matter of a century, the situation has changed for the worse because all that has been done in the name of development and growth has resulted little as far as the sustainable supply of quality food to all is concerned. Thus, Original Article International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research (IJASR) ISSN (P): 2250-0057; ISSN (E): 2321-0087 Vol. 12, Issue 1, Jun 2022, 35–56 © TJPRC Pvt. Ltd.