Kumar, V. (2017) The versatile grain millet. Commodity India, 17 (2). pp. 21-24.
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Abstract
As an Idea, for many reasons, time for millet to be considered as a frontline food grain has come. Apart from being nutritious, millet can also bridge the food gap likely to be created by the implementation of a food security law. The inclusion of millet is a good idea for several reasons. Millet such as sorghum (jowar), pearl millet (bajra), finger millet (ragi) and other coarse staples like maize, barley, oats and the like may not match rice and wheat in grain quality, but they certainly score over them in nutritional value. In fact, these are now often described as “nutri-cereals”...
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Versatile grain millet, phosphorous, micronutrients |
| Author Affiliation: | Comprehensive Agri-Commodity Intelligence |
| Subjects: | Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | Millet |
| Depositing User: | Mr T L Gautham |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Sep 2017 04:15 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Sep 2017 04:16 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/15036 |
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