Women from nearly 70 villages in and around Zaheerabad have been using traditional methods to save seeds and practice climate-smart techniques to have good returns on their crops in this dry region. https://thewire.in/agriculture/telangana-zaheerabad-millet-revolution
Hidden in the red rocky dry land, a revolution is growing. In and around 70 villages of Zaheerabad town of Telangana, the local women have been growing multiple varieties of millets, pulses, and oil seeds year after year.
I was in Zaheerabad recently to celebrate the ‘International Year of Millets’ and to meet the millet seed ammas who have been at the forefront of the organic millet revolution. To create awareness and increase the consumption of millets around the world, the United Nations declared the year 2023 as the ‘International Year of Millets’.
15/03/2023