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2018 Government has approved 2018 as National Year of

Millets to boost production of the nutrient-rich millets
A Farmer S and the sunrise agri industry involved in it. Earlier in
November 2017, India had forwarded proposal to United
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Nations (UN) for declaring year 2018 as ‘International
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Year of Millets’.
Current Affairs - Jan. 2018  Signi cance
Current Affairs - Dec. 2017  Observation of Year of Millets will help in promotion of production and
Current Affairs - Nov. 2017  consumption of millets will substantially contribute in ght against targeted
Current Affairs -Oct. 2017  hunger and mitigate effect of climate change in long run. Popularizing millets
will also bene t future generations of farmers as well as consumers. Millets
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are smart food and good for consumers, farmers and planet multiple and has
Current Affairs - August 2017  untapped uses such as food, feed, biofuels and brewing.
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Millets

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Millet is a common term to categorize small-seeded grasses that are often
termed nutri-cereals or dryland-cereals. It mainly includes sorghum, ragi, pearl
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millet, small millet, proso millet, foxtail millet, barnyard millet, kodo millet etc.
Current Affairs - 2016  They are adapted to harsh environment of semi-arid tropics. They require low
E-Book Compilations or no purchased inputs, thus they are backbone for dry land agriculture.
िहं दी करट अफेयस Bene ts of Millets
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National Current Affairs Nutritional Superiority: Millets are nutritionally superior to wheat and rice
State Current Affairs owing to their higher levels of protein with more balanced amino acid pro le,
crude bre and minerals such as Iron, Zinc, and Phosphorous. It provides
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nutritional security and act as shield against nutritional de ciency, especially
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among children and women.
Science & Techonlogy  Health Bene ts: Pellagra (niacin de ciency), Anaemia (iron de ciency), B-
Environment Current Affairs  complex vitamin de ciency can be effectively tackled with intake of less
Bills and Acts expensive but nutritionally rich food grains like millets.
It can also help tackle health challenges such as obesity, diabetes and lifestyle
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problems as they are gluten free and also have low glycemic index and are high
Persons in News in dietary bre and antioxidants.
Places in News Income and livelihood Source: Millets are important staple cereal crop for
Awards & Honours millions of small holder dryland farmers. They offer nutrition, resilience,
income and livelihood for farmers even in dif cult times. They have multiple
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untapped uses such as food, feed, fodder, biofuels and brewing. Thus, millets
Art & Culture in Current Affairs are Smart Food as they are Good for the Farmer and Good for Planet.
Government Schemes  Resilient of Climate Change: Millets are photo-insensitive and resilient to
climate change. They are hardy, resilient crops that have low carbon and water
footprint. They can withstand high temperatures and grow on poor soils with
little or no external inputs. In times of climate change they are often last crop
standing and thus are good risk management strategy for resource-poor
marginal farmers.
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