Dr Babak Nakhoda, Head, Department of Molecular Plant Physiology, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran talks in this video (in Farsi) about the agricultural challenges in Iran and the need for smart foods like millets. A major issue is climate change...
Read full article By AzoCleantech @ AzoCleantech Photo Credit: Pixabay In recent years, agriculture and climate experts have been warning that extreme climate events such as severe droughts with frequent heatwaves reduce the production of significant staple food crops...
Read full article By Berlinda Entsie @ PluseGhana Photo Credit: Pulse Ghana Millets are a highly nutritious cereal grain in Ghana. The superfood is one of the oldest cultivated cereal grains and has been widely grown and consumed throughout Southeast Asia and Africa...
Read full article By Augusta Dwyer @ Landscape News Photo Credit: Hamidou Guindo found that farmers can almost double their yields of fonio by adapting principles from CRFS’s System of Rice Intensification (SRI) methodology. Originally developed in Madagascar in the...
Read full article @ Smart FnB News Photo Credit: Smart FnB News With 2023 likely to be designated the International Year of Millet by the UN, the ancient grain is hoping to surpass the quinoa boom to soon become part of everyday diets across the world. The year 2023...
