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Millets: Good for Environment

and Health

easy to grow as compared to
paddy and can be grown on any
kind of soil.
Millets require less water to
grow, which also means usage
of less electricity and resources,
which make these crops highly
profitable for the farmers.
Even the waste, or the husk
Jaiveer Rao that is obtained after extracting
CEO, The Pickle Story the millets is used as cattle fodder,
which is highly fibrous and have
high amounts of minerals. There
Sh. Jaiveer Rao's interview is also a possibility of producing
with Doordarshan on the benefits 2G (lignocellulosic) ethanol from
of millets. the biomass of millet straw.
India is the largest producer Healthwise, millets help in
of the millets. These crops have fighting diabetes, controlling
been there in our culture since
ages. They have been mentioned
in our Puranas and Vedas. It
delights me that the United
Nations has declared 2023 as the
International Year of Millets and
that more than 70 countries have
supported our Hon’ble Prime
Minister’s endeavour.
As far as benefits are
concerned, millets have both
environmental as well as health
benefits. When you grow millets,
you require less amount of water,
and you get a greater number
of crops in a year. They are also

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