World is facing agrarian as well as nutritional challenges. Agricultural lands with irrigation
facilities have been exploited to maximum, and hence we need to focus on dry lands to …

Current agricultural and food systems encourage research and development on major
crops, neglecting regionally important minor crops. Small millets include a group of small …

The available cultivable plant‐based food resources in developing tropical countries are
inadequate to supply proteins for both human and animals. Such limition of available plant …

Protein-energy malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies contribute to high mortality
among considerable proportion of the current 7.2 billion global populations, especially …

Barnyard millet (Echinochloa species) has become one of the most important minor millet
crops in Asia, showing a firm upsurge in world production. The genus Echinochloa …

In this current scenario with changing food habits, escalating population and unrestricted
use of natural resources, there are lacking of resources to provide nutritious food to all …

Small millets comes under a group of coarse cereals that are considered as staple food for
the tribal people in Asia and Africa, where cultivation of major crops like rice, wheat, maize …

For several decades, researchers are working toward improving the “major” crops for better
adaptability and tolerance to environmental stresses. However, little or no research attention …

Feeding 9 billion by 2050 is one of major challenges for researchers. Use of diversified
crops, nonconventional water resources and rehabilitation of marginal lands are alternate …

Achieving global goals for sustainable nutrition, health, and wellbeing will depend on
delivering enhanced diets to humankind. This will require instantaneous access to …