Read full article By A Amarender Reddy @The Tribune Photo Credit: The Tribune Millets are grown mostly on drylands, where other crops cannot be grown. They can survive even under extreme drought conditions. However, the average yield of millets is 1,111 kg per...
Read full article By Asad Mirza @ Photo Credit: ICRISAT Indian policy makers need to adopt a more holistic and pragmatic approach to influence our eating habits and promote less costly nutri-rich crops. Since Independence agriculture sector has remained the main...
Read full article By N Anand @ The Hindu Photo Credit:/Thinkstock The United Nations has declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets. India is fast catching up with the western world in millet consumption, said N. Murugan, CEO, Southern Health Foods, makers of...
Read full article By Harish Damodaran @ The Indian Express Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons In rural India, the National Food Security Act of 2013, which entitles three-fourths of all households to 5 kg of wheat or rice per person per month at Rs 2 and Rs 3 per kg,...
Read full article By Chris Ojiewo @ Down to Earth Photo Credit: Down to Earth Vaccination efforts across the globe encourage hope of an imminent end to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) health crisis. But the food security crisis that the pandemic has deepened...
