Millets are rich in minerals and vitamins compared to rice and wheat, it has the huge potential to provide security of food, nutrition, fodder, fiber, health, livelihood and ecology. In view of all these qualities, millets are called as Miracle Grains/ Nutri-Cereals. In this context, the current study was done to look at the millets status on a global and national basis. Global millets production and area in 2022 were 71.70 Mn Ha and 90.65 Mn MT, respectively. The production of millets increased at a 0.3% CAGR from 2012 to 2022, but there was no significant change in the area for millets during that time. In total, production and productivity of millets in India improved at 0.45% and 2% CAGR from 2012 to 2022 whereas, the area has a negative CAGR of 1.49%. From 1949–1950 to 2021–2022, the results revealed that the CAGR of Bajra and Ragi production and productivity increased while, the area under cultivation shrank. In Jowar and Small millets production and area under cultivation has declined, but their productivity increased.
Impact Factor
2022: 6.012
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