representational image | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Removing the bran from millets results in decreasing the protein, dietary fibre, fat, mineral and phytate content in them while increasing the carbohydrates and amylose content, a recent paper in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Springer has shown. This could squander away the benefits of eating millets. The article, … Read more
CEO of Nutrihub, B Dayakara Rao (right), felicitating Uttarakhand Agricultural Minister Ganesh Joshi during International Nutri Cereal Convention 6.0 (INCC) in Hyderabad on Friday. Also seen are Director General of the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR) G. Narendra Kumar, V.P. Sharma and others. | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal “There’s an immediate … Read more
Government and non-government agencies in Kerala have launched various millet-based initiatives, with 2023 being celebrated as the International Year of Millets. (picture for representational purposes) | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT With the spotlight on millets this year (2023), the Kerala Agriculture department has decided to open ‘Millet Cafes’ in a bid to popularise millets and … Read more
Watch | Why is this millet eatery in Visakhapatnam so popular? Have you tried millet idlis and dosas? In Visakhapatnam, a growing number of people are making the switch from traditional rice batter idlis, to healthier alternatives offered by millets. This eatery, called Vasenapoli, sees long queues every day, for its special idlis, dosas, jowar … Read more
PM attends a lunch Programme at the celebration of ‘International Year of Millets 2023’, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: The Hindu In an effort to promote cultivation and consumption of millets on a larger scale, the Union government, with the help of various States and Indian embassies around the globe has launched International Year … Read more
Women carrying millet seeds as part of the Burlang festival at Deopada village in Odisha’s Kandhamal district. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Rajamudu Majhi may not be articulate enough to recount the millet’s journey from its glorious past to the brink of disappearance. But when asked in what way the millet is valued in his … Read more
Millets are slowly but steadily finding their place in the sun. One of the oldest cultivated grains in the world but largely confined to the traditional consumers in the rural and tribal belts of the country, the ‘superfood’ is increasingly seeing a healthy growth in terms of production as well as consumption. As per the … Read more