Pearl Millet can Withstand Climate Change Chaos Better than Wheat

Pearl Millet can Withstand Climate Change Chaos Better than Wheat

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...
What Is Millet? Nutrition Facts, Benefits, and How to Eat It

What Is Millet? Nutrition Facts, Benefits, and How to Eat It

Read full article By Lauren David @ The Healthy Photo Credit: Adela Srinivasan/Getty Images Millet is a whole grain that is full of nutrients and has a mild corn flavor. Here’s the scoop on millet’s health benefits and how to eat it. What is millet? A seed...
From West Africa, here comes the next miracle grain: fonio

From West Africa, here comes the next miracle grain: fonio

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...
Scaling up small millet production and consumption in India

Scaling up small millet production and consumption in India

Read full article By IDFC @ IDRC Canada Photo Credit: IDRC/BARTAY A lack of dietary diversity has contributed to malnutrition and the prevalence of obesity-related diseases such as diabetes in many South Asian countries, including India. Small millets, a gluten-free...
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