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Small Millets - a women-led biodiversity revolution

To profile small millets’ production in India, the authors selected a farmers organization that focuses on the promotion and conservation of local agrobiodiversity, and in particular small millets, a tool to foster women empowerment, food sovereignty and resilience to climatic and economic shocks.
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectCrop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
PublisherReawakened
Publication year(not set)
RegionsAsia
LanguagesEnglish
Resource typePublications
Resource linkhttps://www.thelexicon.org/reawakened/small-millets/
KeywordsWomen farmers; Value chain; Agricultural biodiversity; Food security