58 research outputs found
Factorising non-monic quadratic equations
No full textIn the November 2014 issue of At Right Angles, author Shashidhar Jagadeeshan, in the article “Completing the Square . . . A powerful technique, not a feared enemy!” talked about completing the square, quadratics having the shape of a parabola . . In this article, student Anushka Tonapi explains a few methods of solving non-monic quadratic equations
Role of millets in smallholder farming system for improved food and nutritional security under changing climate scenario
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No full textNot AvailableMillets are a major source of staple food for human, forage for the livestock, and industrial raw material. These are grown in semi-arid climate due to their ability to grow and complete their life cycle in less than 400mm rainfall. They have huge potential to enhance livelihood of the resource poor farmers in dryland and rainfed agriculture using location-specific improved production technology, trait-specific production, millets supply chain management, buy-back arrangements, value-addition of millets, refinement and commercialization of technologies and entrepreneurship development, market development for domestic and export purposes, policy advocacy and creation of awareness, which needs to be implemented at grass-root level with diversified approach. Some issues related to millets are; low remuneration, low adoption of production technologies, biotic and abiotic stress, and lack of policy support unlike other cereals need to be addressed strategically. It requires synergy among technologies, marketing systems, input supplies, credit, policies and institutional support to achieve the goal of enhancing farmers’ livelihood in resource-poor areas.ICAR-IIMR, Hyderaba
Processing Machinery Enabling Millet Ecosystem, Branding and Farmgate Processing
No full textWorld is facing two giant challenges, out of which rst one is agrarian while second rests with health & nutritional encounters. Owing to very high population pressures and uncertain climate change conditions, majority of good farming lands have already been overexploited, and thus intensive farming is being done on inferior/dry lands to meet the due productions. Millets happened to be one of the sustained options in historic past, but with multiple reasons these vital crops were ignored. Necessity always remains the mother of inventions. Appearance of 2023 as World’s rst international millet year is self-speaking in this regard. Present paper very briey elaborates the past, present and futuristic technologic innovations and standings on millet-based R&D eorts at Global, Indian and Gujarat level. Millet based backgrounds are augmented with multiple sharing of relevant experiences including author’s own addon on the subject. A richer food of thought is oered to sensitize present and future domains of millet-based R&D elements dealing predominant millets and exploring their best potential benets via demand riven location specic architecture of technologic interventions by taking care of its whole cycle (growing to marketing) in a sustained and economic way
Fine mapping of <i>Rf2</i> , a major locus controlling pollen fertility restoration in sorghum A<sub>1</sub> cytoplasm, encodes a PPR gene and its validation through expression analysis
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No full textNot AvailableAmong rainfed crops, millets as group figure prominently. India is the largest producer of many kinds of millets, which are often referred to as coarse cereals. Realizing the nutrient composition of these grains they are now considered as nutri-cereals (Nutritious grains). Millets grown in India are sorghum (Jowar), pearl millet (Bajra), finger millet (Ragi) and many other small millets viz. Kodo millet, Foxtail millet, Little millet, Proso millet and barnyard millet. These are grown in diverse soils varying rainfall regimes and in areas widely differing in thermo and photoperiods. The resilience exhibited by these crops is helpful in adjusting themselves to different kind of niches , because of their eco-friendly nature these crops are included under organic agriculture. National food security could only be effective when food and fodder needs of the region are met within the region itself. At present there is excessive dependence on two crops viz. rice and wheat for maintaining /sustaining food self-sufficiency. This has made not only the food security vary fragile but also shrunken the food basket. this needs correction and more ideal situation would be producing the required food within the state/region itself by promoting and developing locally/regionally important rainfed crops. The changed dietary pattern largely dependent on rice and wheat which has led to widespread nutritional deficiency . In order to alleviate this problem and make food security meaningful, millets in general and small millets in particular could play a major role. The promotion of millet crops can lead to much efficient natural resource management and ultimately to a more holistic approach in sustaining precious agro-biodiversity. Small millets are highly nutritious and even superior to rice and wheat in certain constituents. Finger millet is the richest source of calcium (300-350mg/100g grain) and other small millets are good source of phosphorus and iron.The protein content range from 7-12% and fat content from 1.12 to 5.0%. The millet protein has well balanced amino acid profile and good source of methionine, cystine and lycine. These essential amino acids are of special benefits to those who depend on plant food for their protein nourishment. The millet grain contains about 65% carbohydrate, a high proportion of which is in the form of non-starchy polysaccharides and dietary fibre which help in prevention of constipation, lowering of blood cholesterol and slow release of glucose to the blood stream during digestion. Millet grains are also rich in important vitamins viz. Thiamine, riboflavin, folin and niacin. it is of interest to note that lower incidence of cardiovascular diseases, duodenal ulcer and hyperglycemia (diabetes) are reported among regular millet consumers.Not Availabl
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