Consuming more nutritious food is possible only with millets and this system is being protected by women farmers at Pastapur and other villages, noted assistant professor of Prof. Jayashankar State Agriculture University Janaki Srinath. He added that the knowledge gained by these farmers is much more compared to the knowledge gained at universities.
Mr Srinath was speaking at the concluding ceremony of the month-long biodiversity festival at Pastapur on Tuesday, and said that the society will always be indebted to the farmers for protecting and extending the tradition to the next generations.
The programme was organised the Deccan Development Society (DDS), an NGO based at Pastapur near Zaheerabad of Sangareddy district.
