At the behest of the Indian government, the United Nations declared 2023 to be the “International Year of Millets.” It was just one of many initiatives India has undertaken in the last decade to promote millets, sometimes known as the country’s “forgotten” or “orphan” crops. In fact, the passion for millet revival was referred to as “millet madness” as early as 2013. Millets are grasses with small, hard, round seeds, and nine different species have been cultivated in India since ancient times. But for decades, they’ve been sidelined by more…
