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🟩 Millets Grain🌾constitute three major constituents: 👉millet grain-the germ 👉the starch-containing endosperm 👉the protective pericarp 🟩Millets Procesing: • traditional techniques that are commonly used include decortication, malting, fermentation, roasting, flaking and pounding. These methods are mostly labor-intensive and give a poor-quality product 👆Read above the processing methods and their significance

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🟩The majority of millet is produced in Africa, followed by Asia. 🇮🇳India is the largest producer of millets, followed by Niger and China 🔵Other major-millet producing countries include Burkina Faso, Mali, and Senegal 👉While millet is not a major food crop in the developed world, it plays a vital role in the diets of many people in developing world/countries

⭕️multi-millets noodles (modern foods) ⭕️Pani poori from millets (by Andhra Start-up) #ancientgrains #moderntaste #reach #impact #behaviouralchange✅️

🅾️Is there MSP for millets too? 👉Yes, MSP is fixed for 22 cereals, pulses and oilseeds, of which three major coarse cereals are Jowar, Bajra and Ragi. 🟨 Case Study: Bengaluru -based startup of ready-to-cook products from millets

🟥 From these pages take examples of Agri startups from different states like TN, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Andhra Pradesh etc. 🟨Use some examples where millets can be sold smartly like millets dosa, millets kichdi, millets pizza, millets idli, millets khakra, millets biscuits, cookies, laddoos etc 🟩Look at the conversation with CEO of NutriHub, IIMR who has the opinion that today's issue is not food security. Instead, its on Nutritional Security ✅️ 🔵There has also been a National Agriculture Innovation Project of the World Bank to increase millet production

🟢 According to ICAR, more than a thousand startups are working on coarse grains in the country.... 🟨 ICAR's Hyderabad -based Indian Institute of Millet Research (IIMR) [recently mentioned many times in Union Budget too] aims to make these entrepreneurs successful by introducing their brands in the market keeping in mind International Year Of Millets 🟨IIMR has setup a technology incubator NutiHub with the help of DST to promote millets ••••••• Make notes on Rastriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY-RAFTAAR) ••••••• ✅️Millet Startup Innovation Challenge, a Central Govt initiative to encourage young minds to find technical and business solutions

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🟩 Techniques like parboiling, irradiation and germination can enhance the shelf life of millets 🔵Inactivation of lipases is Important in enhancing shelf-life

🟨 The two most important techniques are germination and pro-biotic fermentation. Germination is a method to improve the nutritional value of millets and aoften the structure of the kernel and decrease anti-nutritional factors like tannin and phytic acid....Germination leads to the activation of enzyme phytase which further reduces phytate to phytic acid. 👉This process increases the bio-availability of various minerals in the body and results in the improved nutritional value of millets. 🔵Fermentation too improves the bio-availability of nutrients by decreasing the phytic acid, trypsin inhibitor activity an tannic acid content

🟥Millets crop and their local names 🌾Millets are C4 Carbon sequestering crops contributing to the reduction of CO2 in the atmosphere besides being water efficient. 🟨Millets contain several bio-active phytochemicals including feraxans, lignans, beta-glucans, insulin, resistant starch, sterols, and phenolic conpounds (e.g., ferulic acid, caffeic acid and quercetin) 🦠 Fermentation of millets using various cultures promotes the growth of gram-negative bacteria that makes millets an effective probiotic food in the gut

🟨Millets are small-seeded cerelas, can be grown to on-farm resources and minimise off-farm resources such as chemical fetilisers, pesticides, insecticides, etc., 🌾Major millet crops👇 👉Jowar or Sorgham 👉Bajra or Pearl Millet 👉Mandua/Ragi or Finger Millet 🌾Smal Millets like:👇 👉Kangani/Tangoon or Foxtail Millet 👉Sama/Kutti or Little Millet 👉Kodo millet 👉Jhangora/Sanwa or Barnyard Millet 👉Cheena or Porso Millet