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Gains ground in farms and kitchens; Supply limited as many farmers stick with rice

An increase in number of days with extreme temperatures or rain has caused a decline in quality and size of seeds across India

Civil society organisations can play an enabling role in helping the government to combat malnutrition by introducing millets in ICDS  

Use of natural inputs, minimum-till, mulching, multi-cropping and sowing of diverse and native varieties can increase the soil’s water-holding capacity

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Odisha’s mission to bring millets back to its fields and plates needs greater marketing support and promotion beyond tribal areas 

Ideation by an NGO, a little funding, collective labour help farmers in Vishakhapatnam go natural

Post mechanisation, for the first time there is innovation in farm equipment to revive bullocks and aid small farmers