Gujarat Organizes Millet Festival to Promote Nutritious Food and Natural Farming Practices

The Department of Agriculture, Farmers Welfare and Cooperation, Government of Gujarat is organizing a Millet Festival and Natural Farmer Market on 21st and 22nd March, 2026 at Vadhavan, Surendranagar with the noble objective of creating awareness among the citizens of the state towards nutritious food and encouraging natural farming farmers. Meaningful to the slogan of'Another festival of health, prosperity and culture ', this festival will have special emphasis on millets and the importance of chemical-free farming. The Chief Guest of the event will be Jagdishbhai Makwana, Chief Deputy Magistrate of Gujarat Legislative Assembly. The festival will be graced by the presence of dignitaries including MP Chandubhai Shihora, MLAs Sarve Kiritsinh Rana, Shamjibhai Chauhan, Prakashbhai Varmora and Parshottambhai Parmar. The hard-working Agariya families and farmers in the small desert of Kutch in Lakhtar, Surendranagar have been hit hard by natural calamities this time. Due to sudden storms and heavy rains, the hard work of the family has been destroyed.