Dilpreet Singh started sowing millets such as ragi and kodo on his
8-acre farm in 2019, which he later extended to 14 acres.
Seeing his efforts strolling down, he realized there was very little
demand for millets in India.
He then thought of catering to consumers outside India, which led him to
earn Rs 38 lakh this month through exports of millets to Australia.
For the millet seeds to not germinate on the foreign soil, he
established a system to deactivate the seeds.
To make millet consumption easy, Singh launched ready-to-cook millets
under the brand ‘Healthy Soil, Food & People’.
Food grains like rice and wheat require more water than millets. Hence,
Singh realized growing millets could be a solution to the water shortage problem in the
state.
Now, Singh is aiming to achieve sales of Rs 75-80 lakh in the financial
year 2024-25 by expanding his exports to Canada.