National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Climate change has deleterious effect on both human welfare and agriculture production. Millets are smart foods of the 21st century because they are “good for human being, the farmer and the planet.” They are the last crops standing during droughts. Millets are also good for animals. Millets are the amazing crops best suited for dry land soils. These can sustain even under aberrant weather conditions (climate of twenty first century) where most of other major crops fail. These are nutritionally rich and help in overcoming malnutrition and food insecurity. Though, millets cultivation is advantageous, the research in improving the age-old cultivation practices is still at an infant stage and this needs to be addressed in order to popularize these healthy foods. Recently introduced millets fetch higher market value (than even major cereals) and hence help in uplifting the socio-economic status of the marginal farmers under dryland conditions.
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