Talk on Impacts of millet consumption on agriculture

Colloquium at the Azim Premji University, Post Graduate Campus, Electronic City, Bengaluru on Friday 16th Aug. 2019 @ 2 PM Consumption and production are interlinked processes – an increase in either can only be sustained if there is a corresponding increase in the other. There are multiple reasons to promote millet cultivation – its climate hardiness, … Continue reading Talk on Impacts of millet consumption on agriculture

Steps in small millet processing

Like any grain processing, small millet processing involves three primary tasks: Size Grading Density Grading Hulling (also referred to as dehusking) An eccentric or vibrating grader is used to achieve size grading, a destoner is used for density grading and an impact or shear huller is used for hulling. Most people talking about millet processing invariably focus … Continue reading Steps in small millet processing

Millets and Sustainability

slides of a presentation I shared with green enthusiasts at Cisco on Thu. the 20th as part of their Earth Aware program.

Will there be enough millets to feed the world?

finding twice the area under paddy cultivation to cultivate millets on, is very much achievable.