#milletshistory

Millet and its history In india One of the first crops to be domesticated was millets. Millets are family of very varied small-seeded grass are commonly cultivated as fodder and cereal crops worldwide . Millets were consumed throughout the Indus-Sarasvati civilisation (3,300 to 1300 BCE), according to research. Around 6000 different species of millets, including sorghum (jowar), pearl millet (bajra), finger millet (ragi or nachni),… Read More »Downfall and rising demand of millet in india