Pune Mirror Mar 26, 2019, 06:00 IST The study is picking up in tribal pockets that have sustaine In pursuit of food security, the Urali Kanchan-based, charitable organisation, BAIF Development Research Foundation has begun identifying cultivars (plant varieties...
THEWEEK March 26, 2019 17:56 IST Seven years before Shah Rukh Khan starrer ‘Swades’ hit the screens, a plot similar to the movie was unfolding in south India. In the film, Shah Rukh Khan is a NASA scientist who leaves his dream job to return to India and dedicate his...
THE HINDU ICRISAT, NIN launch project to supply millet bar in government hostels PATANCHERU (SANGAREDDY DT.) , March 16, 2019 In a move to address nutritional problem among adolescent girls, the International Crops Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)...
Tribune News Service Chandigarh, January 21 To make millets popular across the Punjab region and revive traditional food habits, Kheti Virasat Mission (KVM) organised “Magnificent millets utsav and dialogue”, a three-day event from January 18 to 20, to encourage the...
Recognising the importance of millets, the government declared 2018 as the Year of Millets. Tagging millets as nutri-cereals, the Indian government has also approached the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation to observe an International Year of Millets. Easy to grow...