A study on trend in area and production of major millets in India

PUNITH KUMAR; SONNAD J S; YELEDHALLI R A

doi:10.61475/JFS.2023.v36i3.13

PUNITH KUMAR Department of Agribusiness Management University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad - 580 005, India
SONNAD J S Department of Agribusiness Management University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad - 580 005, India
YELEDHALLI R A Department of Agribusiness Management University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad - 580 005, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.61475/JFS.2023.v36i3.13

Keywords: Area, Growth rate, Instability index, Millets, Production

Abstract

Millets are ancient super grains and are the reservoirs of nutrition for a better health. Millets particularly pearl
millet, finger millet and small millets are the important food and fodder crops in semi - arid regions and are predominantly
gaininig importance in the world. Among them roughly one million plant spieces that inhabit our plants, approximately 30
are essential for meeting the demands for food, fodder and fuel. Nonetheless, numerous plant species remain inadequately
harnessed or undiscovered.