millets

Farmers across India are reviving five forgotten rice and millet varieties. These heritage grains protect biodiversity, support local communities, and reconnect us with traditional food.

From reviving millets in Maharashtra to restoring mangroves in Raigad and building climate-ready cities in Assam, the ClimateRISE Alliance unites 70 groups to fight climate change across India.

Prabu, Shashidhar, Arun, and Bhargav left their comfortable careers to introduce a healthy, vegan ice cream alternative made using millets.

Raju Bhupati runs Troo Good, a millet snacks company that aims to tackle malnutrition and provide healthier alternatives to regular snacks.

He started a value-added centre for millets in Chandanagar, Hyderabad, called the S S Bhavani Foods Pvt Ltd. His company has developed 60 value-added millet products.

A search for nutritious food for their children pushed mothers Dibyajyoti Borgohain and Madhavi Pomar to set up Rigdam Foods, a ready-to-eat millet snacks venture that has earned a turnover of Rs 24 lakh.

Meerut-based engineer Jyoti Srivastava quit her job after having her first child to start Little Cherry Mom, a millet-based snacks business that aims to offer healthier food options for babies.

Millets, which are rich in protein, fibre and vitamins, help with weight loss and make for some delicious ways to fight hunger pangs. Here are five healthy recipes to try.

Former banker turned woman entrepreneur, Ambika Somasundaram started Kariat Dry Foods to sell healthy flours amde using millets, moringa, jackfruit, tapioca, banana, and more.

For two decades, Telangana's Veer Shetty Biradar -- the founder of SS Bhavani Foods -- has been making millets like sorghum, bajra, foxtail millet and finger millet accessible to the masses.