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Millets Bring Traditional Flavours to Plant-Based Diwali Celebrations
Traditional millets are finding a place in plant-based Diwali celebrations. Finger millet, barnyard millet and foxtail m...
Nagaland Village Revives Millet Farming, Produces Up to 13 Tonnes
Kezoma village in Nagaland has revived millet farming after more than a decade, with reported production reaching 12–13...
Millet Farming Declines in Nepal's Tehrathum Amid Labour Shortages
Traditional millet cultivation is declining in Nepal's Tehrathum district as rural migration, labour shortages and the s...
US Research Labs Target Drought-Resilient Millet and Sorghum
Kansas State University has received US$16.6 million in combined funding for two Feed the Future Innovation Labs. One wi...
Taiwan Revives Traditional Oil Millet for Climate-Resilient Farming
Taiwan's People's Food Bank Association has expanded traditional oil millet cultivation more than tenfold since 2022, re...
Gumla's Ragi Revolution Empowers Nearly 200 Rural Women
Bhagwati Devi, a farmer from Jharkhand's Gumla district, leads a women-focused farmer producer company generating approx...
Nepal's Women Farmers Revive Indigenous Millets Through Cooperatives
Women farmers in Nepal's Jumla district are expanding proso and foxtail millet cultivation through collective farming, c...
Brazil Expands Sorghum Exports as US Farmers Face Growing Competition
Brazil's expanding sorghum production and new shipments to China are intensifying competition with US growers. Lower pro...
Chennai Street Vendors Bring Traditional Millets Back to the Menu
Chennai street-food entrepreneurs are bringing traditional millets into everyday dining through ragi and pearl millet pu...
Burkina Faso Suspends Millet and Sorghum Flour Exports Again
Burkina Faso has suspended exports of millet, maize and sorghum flours and their derivatives until further notice. Annou...
Garrett Love Elected Chairman of National Sorghum Producers
Garrett Love, a Kansas farmer and former state senator, has been elected chairman of National Sorghum Producers for 2026...
India Offers Funded Millet Research Training for African Scientists Under MAHARISHI
African researchers are invited to participate in a fully funded, three-month millet research training programme in Hyde...
Bihar Offers Up to ₹5.40 Lakh Subsidy to Establish Millet Processing Units
Bihar has announced subsidies of up to ₹5.40 lakh for new millet processing units under the National Food Security and N...
Uttarakhand Trains Millet Entrepreneurs in Safe Food Processing
Uttarakhand organised a FoSTaC training programme in Dehradun to improve food safety and processing standards among mill...
GVMC Millet Mart Brings Millet Breakfasts to Visakhapatnam
A new Millet Mart canteen has opened at the GVMC head office in Visakhapatnam under a GVMC–MEPMA initiative. Offering mi...
