International Year of Millets 2023: “Tanmillets” Setting the Tone for a World Record Event.
International Year of Millets 2023: “Tanmillets” Setting the Tone for a World Record Event. Special Story by Mithran Sri Ram Editor In Chief National News Bureau Wednesday 2 nd November 2022 Millets are among the first plants to be domesticated and are considered "nutri-cereals" due to their high nutritional content. They have served as a traditional staple for hundreds of millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia for 7 000 years, and are now cultivated across the world. However, their cultivation is declining in many countries, and their potential to address climate change and food security is not being realized in full. This is despite the fact that millets can grow on relatively poor soils and under adverse and arid conditions, with comparatively fewer inputs than other cereals. The need to promote the diversity and nutritional and ecological benefit of millets to consumers, producers, value chain actors, and decision makers is timely, and c...
