Millets as Smart-Foods

India produces all the nine commonly known millets and is the largest producer and fifth-largest exporter of millets in the world.

The major millets producing states in India are Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Challenges

• In India, millets were traditionally consumed, but due to the push given to food security through Green Revolution in the 1960s, millets were rendered as ‘orphan crops’ – less consumed and almost forgotten.
• Before the Green Revolution, millets made up around 40% of all cultivated grains, which has dropped to around 20% over the years.
• Not ....