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The Indian Institute of Millets Research (ICAR-IIMR) located at Rajendranagar (Hyderabad, Telangana, India) is an agricultural research institute engaged in basic and strategic research on sorghum and other millets. IIMR operates under the aegis of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). It conducts agricultural research on Millets ...
India contributes 80% of millet production in Asia and 20% worldwide. In 2023-24 Union Budget, India declared funds for Millet Research Institute. India will provide millets by Public Distribution System to people of below the poverty line. [5] Indian Diplomats visited Nigeria as Millets Specific Visit. [6]
Millet Network members. The Millet Network of India supports millet farmers. It was created by one hundred women who realised the qualities of the traditional crop. [1] The group have helped village farmers to grow millet with low water usage and organic fertiliser while highlighting the injustice of government subsidies which encourage competitor crops like rice.
From leaf crisps to pudding, India’s ‘super food’ millet finds its way onto the G20 dinner menu. September 9, 2023 at 11:02 AM. When the leaders of the Group of 20 arrived in host country ...
The Equator Prize 2015 was awarded on 7 December to 21 local and indigenous community initiatives. [3] Each winning initiative received US$10,000 was supported to participate in a series of special events at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, France in December 2015.
Khader Vali was working in US as a scientist and returned to India during 1997. [3] He is advocating the benefits of consuming millets in place of rice and wheat and is engaged in studying the benefits of millets since last 20 years. [6] He also works on saving fertility of soil and right kind of agricultural practices. [7]
The Iowa ban was passed in July 2023 during a special legislative session called solely to pass abortion restrictions, after the state Supreme Court declined to lift a block on a similar 2018 bill.
India is the top millet producer worldwide, with 11.8 million tonnes grown annually – some 38% of the world total and nearly triple its nearest rival.