Millet: An environmentally sustainable super food?

The world is currently experiencing the disastrous effects of climate change, including storms, floods, heat waves, wildfires, cyclones, and sea level rise. Another issue that has arisen as a result of climatic disruptions and is demanding our immediate attention is global food security. World is facing agrarian as well as nutritional challenges. Agricultural lands with irrigation facilities have been exploited to maximum, and hence we need to focus on further increase grain production. The majority of our food crops now require a lot of water which rely significantly on irrigation and rainfall. Sustainable crop substitutes are needed to meet the world hunger (cereal demand) and to improve income of farmers. There is an ever-growing global population that needs sufficient and healthy food amidst climate emergencies and depleting natural resources. Malnutrition, chronic diseases, adult overweight, and obesity are just a few of the issues with world health and most are caused by bad diets with an unbalanced nutrient composition.

Rightly said by FAO- As the global agrifood systems face challenges efforts need to be scaled up not just to promote resilient cereals which can provide an affordable and nutritious option but also can play an important role and contribute to our collective efforts to empower smallholder farmers, achieve sustainable development, eliminate hunger, adapt to climate change, promote biodiversity, and transform agrifood systems. The overuse of land resources caused by the existing agricultural practices has decreased soil fertility and caused water waste, making farmers more vulnerable. Farmers have committed suicide as a result, and many emerging nations are experiencing an agrarian crisis. There may not be a miracle solution; instead, we must take thoughtful steps and employ a variety of techniques to adjust to the more recent environmental realities. One of these entails funding and supporting food crops that are nutrient-dense, promotes food security, and require little water..............Read more 

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