Millets and Other Potential Crops: Ensuring Climate Resilience and Nutritional Security

By: Jyostnarani Pradhan and Jyoti Prakash Sahoo and Kailash Chandra Samal and Manasi Dash

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Synopsis: Deeply rooted in indigenous peoples’ culture and traditions, millets (also called ‘nutricereals’ are ancestral crops high in nutritional value. As the global agrifood systems face challenges to feed an ever-growing global population, resilient cereals like millets provide an affordable and nutritious option and help guarantee food security.This book presents the basic principles and practices of millets and other potential crops towards climate resilience and nutritional security. It discuses the role of millets in sustainable agriculture, the medicinal use of foxtail millet, exotic fruits in India, and climate-resilient fruit and vegetable crops.The goal of this work is to promote the sustainable cultivation of millets, also under adverse and changing climatic conditions and improving their quality, highlighting their potential to provide new sustainable market opportunities for producers and consumers.Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan or Bhutan)

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781040155318
Related ISBNs:: 9781003531937, 9781040155264, 9781032873008
Publisher:: CRC Press
Date of Addition:: 11/15/24
Copyrighted By:: Narendra Publishing House
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Cooking, Food and Wine, Health, Mind and Body, Technology, Earth Sciences
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Jyostnarani Pradhan
Edited by:: Jyoti Prakash Sahoo
Edited by:: Kailash Chandra Samal
Edited by:: Manasi Dash