Millets: Resiliency towards Climate Change

The world is experiencing an unprecedented increase in extreme weather conditions and India is not an exception. Increasing temperatures, changing monsoons and more frequent extreme climate events are posing a threat to food security in India. In this context, millets are most useful as it is a nutritious, climate change-ready crop with enormous potential for yielding higher economic returns in marginal conditions. Millets being a climate-resilient crop are important to minimize the adverse effects of climate change and has the potential to increase the income and food security of farming communities