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
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