Location : ICRISAT
Date : 2026-01-19 11:04:00
About the course
It is increasingly being recognized that millets are traditional crops that may become foods of the future. They are friendly to environments and considered to do well in drought-like conditions, according to Food and Agriculture Organization. Millet farming directly results in preserving and conserving biodiversity. This is one reason why women farmers, with their ecological acumen and their close association with climate protection, are best suited to be ambassadors of millet cultivation.
With the creation of incentives toward promoting the woman farmer, these goals of millet cultivation and sustainable development, especially those related to agriculture and sustainable production and consumption, can be achieved. Therefore, boosting millet cultivation will empower the average farmer and achieve the objectives of enhancing incomes and improving crop diversification.
They also contribute towards diversifying the rural markets as well as the consumption/food baskets. A sustainable way to increase millet consumption is to invest in small scale processing of these crops; empower women farmers and self-help groups (SHG), by equipping them with advanced packaging techniques, agro-marketing, financial literacy and other entrepreneurial skills.
Grassroots workers like the anganwadi and ASHA workers can be further involved as nutrition ambassadors and entrepreneurs in the millet revolution. Dedicated programmes with proper training and capacity-building initiatives that urge farmers toward diversification via millets can be a timely method empower women and youth, increase consumption as well as double the incomes of the households.
Course Topics
Register here: ITEC: Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation
Application: The fully sponsored program is exclusive to non-Indian international participants only.
