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Glamorous Millet Images Could Encourage Teenagers to Choose Healthier Foods
An ICMR–National Institute of Nutrition study suggests that visually attractive social-media images of healthy foods, in...
Nandyal Promotes Millets to Improve Health and Raise Farmer Incomes
Nandyal Collector Rajakumari Ganiya has called for greater millet cultivation and consumption to improve public health a...
Proso Millet Helps Probiotic Sausages Stay Stable for Longer Storage
Brazilian researchers found that proso millet can act as a natural carrier for probiotic bacteria in dry-fermented sausa...
Philippines Explores Millet Feed to Cut Livestock Costs and Risks
The Philippine Department of Agriculture is exploring millet as an alternative to corn in animal feed. The drought-toler...
Karnataka Promotes Guli Ragi for Higher Yields with Less Water
An online farmer-training programme is promoting Karnataka’s traditional Guli Ragi cultivation method, which uses young...
Jammu and Kashmir Pushes Millets for Farmer Livelihoods and Resilience
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha called for expanding millet cultivation, value-added products and entr...
Oklahoma Sorghum Harvest Reaches 41% as Crop Conditions Weaken
Oklahoma farmers have harvested 41% of the state’s sorghum crop, while only 26% is rated good to excellent. USDA data al...
French Farmers Turn to African Sorghum as Heat Challenges Maize
French cereal growers are experimenting with African-origin sorghum as rising heat and water stress challenge maize prod...
Punjab Governor Urges Chefs and Entrepreneurs to Champion Millets
Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria urged chefs and food entrepreneurs at CHEFEX India 2026 to embrace millets, organic...
Mandya Ragi Farmers Struggle as Karnataka’s Rainfall Deficit Deepens
Deficient and uneven rainfall is putting ragi cultivation under pressure in Karnataka's Mandya district, highlighting th...
Tamil Nadu Millet Farmers Seek Drought Relief and Insurance Payouts
Farmers in Tamil Nadu's Ramanathapuram district protested over drought damage to millets and other crops while demanding...
Four-Layer Digital System Could Transform Millet Supply Chain Traceability
Researchers have developed a four-layer digital architecture combining IoT, edge computing, cloud infrastructure and blo...
Sorghum and Millets Gain Importance as Zimbabwe Prepares for Drought
Zimbabwe's Manicaland province is encouraging greater cultivation of sorghum, pearl millet and finger millet as farmers...
Odisha Women Farmers Combine Millet Cultivation With Solar Power
A women-led FPO in Odisha's Koraput district is integrating little and finger millet cultivation with a 1 MW solar proje...
Kansas Launches New Foundation to Strengthen Sorghum Markets and Conservation
Kansas Sorghum has launched the Sorghum State Foundation to attract public and private resources for sorghum market deve...
