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Accepted Paper:
Political and nutritional journey of millets in tribal India: from coarse grains to nutri-cereals
Sili Rout
(Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi)
In this paper, an attempt has been made to comprehend millets' political journey from farm to plate. Further, the paper will discuss the important role millets play in strengthening farmers and food entrepreneurs, as well as its ability to contribute to sustainability and food security.
Paper long abstract:
Millets, as one of the oldest food grains known to mankind and possibly the first cereal grain used for domestic purpose from ancient time onwards. Traditionally, tribals in India were cultivating millet (jowar, bajra, ragi, and small millets) for centuries, which was also their staple diet. Green Revolution in India brought change in the dietary pattern like switching on to rice and wheat, millet is slowly losing its popularity among the tribal people of India, signaling an impending condition of starvation and death. With growing concerns of life style diseases coupled with ‘refined’ diet culture, the modern consumers are slowly, but increasingly looking at the nutrient rich millets as a suitable alternative to wheat and rice. In order to encourage production and consumption of millets, Government of India notified millets as Nutri-Cereals in April, 2018. To create domestic and global demand and to provide nutritional food to the people, Government of India had proposed to the United Nations for declaring 2023 as International Year of Millets (IYoM-2023) and United Nation's General Assembly (UNGA) declared 2023 as International Year of Millets on 5th March. In this paper, an attempt has been made to comprehend millets' political journey from farm to plate. Further, the paper will discuss the important role millets play in strengthening farmers and food entrepreneurs, as well as its ability to contribute to sustainability and food security.