Millets: Reservoir of Nutrients
Keywords:
Millets, Reservoir of Nutrients, Popularizing Millets, Non-Communicable Diseases, Biological Activity of Millets, Medicinal, Nutritional Values of Millets, Nutritional & Health Challenges, Grains, Good Nutrition and Health, Status and Prospects of Value Addition of Millet, The Eco-Friendly Crops, Boon for Life, Technologies for Millets, Millets' Recipes, Increase Millet Production and Consumption, Millets as Eco Friendly Crops, Needs to Promote Millets, Role of Home Makers in Promotion of Millets, Preparations from Millets, Major and Minor Millets, The Nutritional Compositions of Millets, Impact of Millets on Human Health, Millets with Their Important Features, Nutritional Value and Health Benefits of Millets, Millet Production in India, Value-Added Products, Drought Resistance, Biodiversity Support, Soil Conservation, Small Farm-FriendlySynopsis
The basis of our life is "Tamaso Ma Jyotirgamaya" which tells us that we move from darkness to light and with this light the darkness in the entire creation disappears when the rays of the sun illuminate the earth. The basis of our life is the energy of the Sun, and this energy is stored in our food and agricultural products.
Cereals are food agricultural products, which are the biggest source of energy for us. According to Atharvaveda, food is the basis of life of all living beings. Without grains a creature cannot survive. Among grains, 'coarse grain' is an important grain which has a very notable place in our lives. Coarse grains are also known as 'Shri Anna' and 'Millets'.
India celebrated 2018 as the ‘National Year of Millets’ to create greater awareness about unparalleled attributes of millets. Further, India advocated for declaration of 2023 as “International year of Millets” which brought millets into mainstream grains. Undoubtedly millets are reservoir of nutrients and strong profile with numerous health benefits. They are healthy not only for human being but also for our agriculture and overall environment. Every possible effort is being made to popularize millets so that they can be adopted by majority of households. Being educationist and researcher, this is our small effort to highlight several dimensions of millets. It has been tried to cover many aspects such as nutritional importance, health benefits, medicinal values of millets and role of agro based industries in promotion of millets. This book combines information on some nutritious, healthy and easy preparations so that inclusion of millets in daily diet can be increased at large scale. It also explains the role of home makers in popularizing millets at household level.
Thus, this book describes various dimensions of millets and their emerging importance with respect to nutrition, health, processing industries and food security.
Chapters
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Role of Home Makers in Popularizing Millets at Household Level
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Millets: A Boon for Management of Non- Communicable Diseases
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Medicinal and Nutritional Values of Millets: A Review
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Millets: A Wonder Food for Nutritional & Health Challenges
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Millets: Grains for Good Nutrition and Health
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Status and Prospects of Value Addition of Millet
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Millets: The Eco-Friendly Crops
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Millets: Boon for Life
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Processing Technologies for Millets
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Millets' Recipes (Sorghum/Jowar)
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Government Policies to Increase Millet Production and Consumption
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Millets as Eco Friendly Crops
