This 45-year-old makes farming profitable for the entire Soliga tribe

Prakash roped in 30 Soliga farmers and 1,000 other marginal farmers and formed a collective to set up a millet processing unit in Karnataka's …

How investing in processing machines can help India promote millets

An African-Canadian company is helping promote Mali's fonio millet by investing in processing machines. India too needs to procure advanced …

Grounded in wisdom: The forgotten chakki should regain its place

Traditional mini flour mills may no longer be in vogue in our homes, but they help prepare nutritious food 

Millets are returning to our fields and plates

In the past 60 years, India’s agriculture policy has focused mainly on rice and wheat and neglected millets. But these nutri cereals are …

Traditionally secure: The Baigas and their uncultivated foods

People belonging to the Baiga tribe mostly depend on forests and its plants for their livelihood. They possess the ability to recognise hundreds …

Biotechnology for food security: hope over hype

A range of biotechnological approaches, including both traditional ones like selective breeding and fermentation techniques, and modern ones such …

Faced with water crisis, Karnataka now wants to revive millet cultivation

Millets consume at least 70 per cent less water than other crops and require minimum inputs

Hybrid seeds are becoming increasingly popular in India. But that is not good news; here is why

Hybrid seeds could threaten the country’s crop diversity and the hardy traditional varieties suited to grow in their native climes 

Climate change has transformed pearl millet cultivation zones in India

East Rajasthan, Haryana now India’s core pearl millet production area; farmers in Gujarat shifting from pearl millet to cotton, castor  

Women SHGs in Odisha champion push for millets

The Odisha Millets Mission leads joint efforts to empower women entrepreneurs and promote millet consumption

Improved heat tolerance and drought resistance help pearl millet fight climate change

The reference genome and analysis of 1,000 lines of the pearl millet genome has provided the clue as to how this dryland cereal survives in …

Humble millets can ensure food security, nutrition to India’s vulnerable communities

Shifting from climate-resilient and micro-nutrient-rich traditional crops to cash crops has resulted in poor health indicators, says expert

Ancient DNA is revealing the genetic landscape of people who first settled East Asia

It has shown rapid shifts in ancestry over the last 10,000 years across Asia, likely due to migration and cultural exchange

Are millets safe from biopiracy?

2023 is the International Year of the Millets and during the year, efforts would be made to promote this superfood

At least 40% global crops lost to pests every year: FAO

Invasive pests cost countries at least $70 billion annually, among main drivers of biodiversity loss 

Is the government marketing millets right?

India requires policy changes to make millets an effective tool against malnutrition 

Millets should be mainstreamed for better nutritional outcomes in children

Civil society organisations can play an enabling role in helping the government to combat malnutrition by introducing millets in ICDS  

Odisha set to introduce locally produced millets into ICDS, PDS

Keonjhar district will introduce ragi for pre-school meals through DMF funds from July 

Contaminating millets

There is disquiet over government scheme to wean traditional millet farmers on chemical inputs

Remembering Nammalvar: farewell, organic saint-warrior

G Nammalvar, the agriculture scientist who pioneered organic farming movement in Tamil Nadu, passed away on December 30 at the age of 75. He …