Transcript MILLETS

MILLETS
FUTURE OF FOOD & FARMING
Water requirement
Rainfall requirement
Cereal production - India
Cereal production - India
Area under cereal cultivation - India
Area under cereal cultivation - India
Millet meal
Advantage - Millets
 Grows on the poorest of soils
 No demand for synthetic fertilisers
 Pest free crops
 Cropping system – multiple crops
 Baranaja, Saat Dhan, Pannendu Pantalu
 Produce multiple security – food, nutrition, fodder, fibre, health,
livelihood, ecology
 Climate change compliant crops
 Increasing temperatures
 Increasing water stress
 Malnutrition
Source: Millet Network of India, Deccan
Development Society – FIAN, India
COLEUS –
Pashanabedi (Kannada), Patharchur (Hindi)
Hippali (Kannada), Pipali (Hindi), Tippili (Tamil&
Malayalam), Long pepper (English)
Glory lily, Agnishika, Gowrihoo, Akkatangi
balli, Karihari, Agnijihwa, Agnimukhi,
Sukarapushpika, Garbhagatini.
QUAILS
 First domesticated in Japan in 1595
 Introduced in India - 1974
 High nutritive value
 High protein, low fat
 Rapid growth
 Early maturation
 Short generation interval
 Egg production
Moisture
Protein
Fat
Carbohydrate
Minerals
Quail
73.93%
20.54%
3.85%
0.56%
1.12%
Chicken
73.87%
20.66%
3.61%
0.78%
1.08%