Read full article by Mahima Jain@scroll.in Photo Credit Mahima Jain/Mongabay Kaliamma Nanjan, 70, sings as she cuts through her farm in Kerala’s Western Ghats. She deftly navigates the slopes of Attappady in Palakkad district with the gravity-defying dexterity of a...
Read Full article@SlurrpFarm Photo Credit : SlurrpFarm Millets are imbued with nutritional benefits which have led to these grains being posited as a one-stop solution to resolve the crisis of malnourishment and food security issues. In our millet white paper project...
Read full article By Shauravi Malik and Sohini Dey@SlurrpFarm Photo Credit: SlurrpFarm At Laksh Farms, a sprawling oasis in Delhi’s outskirts, verdant with crops and trees, Ila and Captain Shakti Lumba grow finger millet (ragi) in summers. For Ila Lumba, growing the...
Read full article by @SlurrpFarm Photo Credit: SlurrpFarm What are millets? As described in the Oxford Dictionary, millet is “a type of plant that grows in hot countries and produces very small seeds”. The grains—consumed in many indigenous cultures, including the...
Read Full article @ FOODTANK Two billion people around the world are suffering from protein and micronutrient deficiencies. The results of a new study by the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) may be able...
