it is a foddr crop

1. FUTURE OF FOOD & FARMING
MILLETS

12. Water requirement

13. Rainfall requirement

19. Cereal production - India

20. Cereal production - India

21. Area under cereal cultivation - India

22. Area under cereal cultivation - India

23. Millet meal

24. Advantage - Millets
Grows on the poorest of soils
No demand for synthetic fertilisers
Pest free crops
Cropping system – multiple crops
Baranaja, Saat Dhan, Pannendu Pantalu
Produce multiple security – food, nutrition, fodder, fibre, health,
livelihood, ecology
Climate change compliant crops
Increasing temperatures
Increasing water stress
Malnutrition

25. Source: Millet Network of India, Deccan
Development Society – FIAN, India

29. COLEUS –
Pashanabedi (Kannada), Patharchur (Hindi)

30. Hippali (Kannada), Pipali (Hindi), Tippili (Tamil&
Malayalam), Long pepper (English)

31. Glory lily, Agnishika, Gowrihoo,
Akkatangi balli, Karihari,
Agnijihwa, Agnimukhi,
Sukarapushpika, Garbhagatini.

32. QUAILS
First domesticated in Japan in 1595
Introduced in India - 1974
High nutritive value
High protein, low fat
Rapid growth
Early maturation
Short generation interval
Egg production

33. Moisture Protein Fat Carbohydrate Minerals
Quail 73.93% 20.54% 3.85% 0.56% 1.12%
Chicken 73.87% 20.66% 3.61% 0.78% 1.08%