Parboiled Grain Millet Farmers who grow more paddy get rewards but farmers who grow more millet don’t even get a word of thanks. TheĀ Millet crop health nutrition business is considered important in environmental and food security. It is a food that can be eaten sparingly, slowly digested, ripens quickly, and requires less investment and less water.
It can be considered a nutritious and sustainable food crop that grows in all places and even on dry land, does not suffer from diseases and insects, does not require pesticides and chemical fertilizers, and can be used to make all the dishes made from grains and flour. It is found to be playing an important role in food security and the economy.
A boon to food security and nutrition: Millet is a nutritious cereal with 35 times more calcium and 15 times more iron than rice. Balanced nutrition is low in carbohydrates and rich in other salts, iron, calcium, phosphorus, and amino acids, so it is considered essential for humans.
Its importance is increasing due to its medicinal properties that can be used even by sick people of all age groups. The glory of millet in terms of health protection is increasing because its consumption does not make people sick and helps to heal even if they are sick.
Diversification and Dishes: The ancestors cultivated millet and prepared and ate dishes like millet Dhindi, roti, Puva, and Khole. At present, biscuits, millet tea, millet coffee, and millet Jhol are made from millet. Emphasizing the diversification of its dishes, dishes such as cake, ma: ma, pizza, etc. have also been made and consumed. However, the millet crops including millet are overshadowed by rich crops such as Chino, Kaguno, Junelo, and Bajra.
Crop varieties and benefits: Even though the organization of productive farmers and the United Nations emphasized the improvement of production and diet by promoting millet and millet crops, the government of Nepal has not been able to be serious about such a serious issue. In the agricultural system of Nepal, there are eight types of millet namely millet, Kaguno, chino, Junelo, sama, millet, Kutki same, and Kodi. Among these species, most of the crops grown by farmers include millet.
Responsibility of the state: It is the responsibility of the state to develop, expand, and promote millet and millet-derived crops. The state should pay attention to the health and nutrition of the citizens. Clean products should be delivered to consumers’ doorsteps. The basic premise of this is the development, expansion, and promotion of millet and millet-based crops.
Raising public awareness about nutrition, celebrating days and festivals, emphasizing publicity, encouraging productive farmers, and creating an environment for increasing production. The state should give priority to millet and millet-relatedĀ crops. Farmers who grow more paddy get rewards but farmers who grow more millet don’t even get a word of thanks.
To increase the attraction of farmers and consumers towards millet, emphasis should be placed on studies and research to arrange subsidies for the production of seeds and other materials and technologies. Millet and millet-related crops should be arranged for special reservation as the work of bringing millet and millet-related crops as backward, neglected, and marginal crops is from the state.
