Focussing on millets is the only way for mankind to avoid the disaster of food shortage, says Khadar Valli, popularly known as the Millet Man of India.
Dr. Valli, who was in the city to participate in a two-day State-level millet campaign organised by the Millet Mission Kerala, was talking to The Hindu on the sidelines of the event inaugural on Sunday. The year 2023 has been declared the International Year of the Millets by the United Nations following a proposal by India.
Dr. Valli says there will not be enough food to feed the world if a shift to millets is not made. “Rice and wheat yields have decreased by 30% in the past 10 to 15 years because of rising temperature, which is fuelled by the production of these very crops. However, people do not understand what is happening for they have been told that rice and wheat are our food.”
