bringing back millets for human health and the planet's health
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Bioversity International
April 22, 2017Ann Tutwiler, Director General
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Agricultural Biodiversity Nourishes
People and Sustains the Planet
Challenge: Poor Diets World’s Number One
Health Risk
Sources: Ng M, Fleming T, Robinson M, et al. 2014, FAO: The State of Food and Agriculture 2014, Global
Hunger Index 2014. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2014) IPCC WGII AR5 Summary for
Policymakers in: Climate Change 2014 – Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change 44 p
Challenge: Farmers Facing Novel Climates
Impacts on Agriculture Predicted by 2050
Source: Adapted from Mathur 2014.
Challenge: Three Crops Provide More Than
Half Of World’s Plant Based Calories
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Millets: Nutritious; Resilient; Neglected
Finger millet Foxtail millet
Little millet Kodo millet
Photos: Top Left – Finger Millet, Bioversity International/N. Capozio. Other pictures reproduced c/o NUS Community Org on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nus_community/sets/
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Mainstreaming Millets in India
Mainstreaming Millet: Farmers
Farmers work together with scientists testing varieties of millets for yield, cultivation, processing, and food
preparation and to learn improved cultivation practices.
Photos: Reproduced c/o NUS Community Org on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nus_community/sets/
Mainstreaming Millet: Seeds
Community seedbanks provide safe storage and enable community families to access seeds at times of
scarcity.
Photos: Reproduced c/o NUS Community Org on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nus_community/sets/
Mainstreaming Millet: Product Development
Getting to work in the laboratory to create and test products.
Photos: Reproduced c/o NUS Community Org on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nus_community/sets/
Mainstreaming Millet: Urban Consumers
Photos: Reproduced c/o NUS Community Org on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nus_community/sets/
Mainstreaming Millet: Rural Consumers
10 minutes – mechanized processing2 hours – traditional grinding
Photos: Bioversity International/J. Cherfas
Mainstreaming Millet: Children
Inclusion of millets in school noon meal scheme in 12 districts in Central & Southern India.
School children had improved weight and up to 37% higher levels of hemoglobin over students eating white
rice.
Photos: Reproduced c/o NUS Community Org on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nus_community/sets/
Mainstreaming Millets: Indian National Food Security Act 2013
The addition of millets to the Public Distribution Scheme in 2013 meaning these nutritious grains are now
available to more than 800 million people via subsidized rates.
Photos: Reproduced c/o NUS Community Org on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nus_community/sets/
Thank you
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M. Ann Tutwiler
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