Small millets, big potential: diverse, nutritious and climate smart. In South Asia, lack of dietary diversity is one of the key factors behind malnutrition and the prevalence of non‐communicable diseases such as diabetes. Small millets, grown as a complement to existing crops, could contribute to an answer. Performing well in marginal environments they have superior nutritional properties Read More
Small millets in the South Asian context include finger millet, kodo millet, little millet, foxtail millet, proso millet, barnyard millet and browntop millet. They offer better nutrition with various micronutrients like vitamin B complex, calcium, iron and sulphur, high protein, high dietary fibre and low glycemic index when compared to mainstream cereals like rice and wheat (Saleh et al. 2013). ... Read More
De-hulling is the process of removing the outer hull/husk from the grains, which are not human edible. It is a vital process for obtaining grain-rice and for further processing of grains for consumption.Small millets other than finger millet are well protected in glume encasements, hence the conversion of the grain to rice and other forms are time consuming and laborious...Read More
Standardized more than 40 traditional (E.g. Idli, Dosai and Murukku) and modern (Eg. Cookies, Soup sticks and Macaroni) small millet food products Lack of appealing nutritious small millet products is one of the important reasons for not being able to break the social stigma associated with the consumption of small millets (known as the grain for the poor). Read More
On 25th of March, 2017 Conducted training ‘Livelihood Enhancement Training for Micro Food Enterprises’programFor Pull-cart street vendors in Krishnagiri. Dr.Pushparaj from FSSAI, Krishnagiri who was chief guest of that trainingRead More
