India: Millet Madness
Minor millets used to be a staple food in India, but in the last five decades, almost half of their cultivation has been replaced with more lucrative cash crops and government subsidized rice, resulting in a major change in people's diets. Millets have up to 30 times more calcium than rice and much higher levels of micro-nutrients. They are also far more resilient to a changing climate. But is this enough to convince people to return to a crop they've virtually abandoned? Take a look at how IFAD worked with the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation to get minor millets back on the menu.
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But wasn't MS Swaminathan at the helm of the Green Revolution steering farmers away from millet cultivation in the first place?
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Sharing, Justice and Peace for all will help Save Our Planet.
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Aum Shanthihi Prem Aum Blessed Mother INDIA... useful as millets with a little effort & praxis in free space time... youtube.com/watch?v=QEwdOsc7rjc Siva Bum Om Shanthihi O O O
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Awesome work, all the best.
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Your'e really doing good work! Impressed with how you empowerd the community, especially the women. its a shame videos like this gets so few views..
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