With climate change now a permanent reality, it is imperative to recalibrate the approach towards understanding and nurturing this vital crop for dryland communities, according to ICRISAT Director General Jacqueline Hughes
By PTI 09/09/2023Under its G20 presidency, India has been flagging concerns of the Global South including in areas of food, fuel and fertiliser besides focusing on ensuring inclusive global growth, speedy implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and green...
By PTI 15/08/2023An Export Promotion Forum (EPF) has been specially established to promote millets in the international market through sharing of knowledge and opportunities
By Outlook Planet Desk 12/08/2023The government has already taken many steps to promote millets, including allocation of coarse grains (millets) under PDS
By Outlook Planet Desk 29/06/2023Given that Prime Minister Modi is a vegetarian, First Lady Jill Biden invited Chef Nina Curtis, an expert in plant-based cuisine, to create a stunning vegetarian feast
By Outlook Planet Desk 22/06/2023She also directed NABARD to encourage farmers to enhance the area covered under Millets, and to protect the returns of farmers who are already growing millets
By PTI 20/06/2023This new form of jaggery would have a substantially higher mineral and vitamin content than traditional jaggery because it uses millets and coarse grains
By Outlook Planet Desk 20/06/2023India has been strongly flagging the consequences of the Ukraine conflict on food, energy and fertilisers which have impacted the developing countries
By PTI 19/06/2023On June 16, streaming providers will begin to offer the song "Abundance in Millets," performed by Mumbai-born singer-songwriter Falguni Shah and her husband, performer Gaurav Shah
By Outlook Planet Desk 16/06/2023In order to incorporate millets and sprouts into its mid-day meals, the state administration requested more than 11,000 tonnes of millets from the central government in March
By Outlook Planet Desk 12/06/2023