New Delhi, Feb. 29 -- Engaging in a conversation with Ashim Sanyal, the CEO of Consumer Voice, he sheds light on the significant uptake of millets by food and beverage producers in India. Sanyal under scores the need for a cautious approach, urging the preservation of the nutritional potency of coarse cereals. He emphasizes this imperative step to safeguard against the potential disrup tion of our diets by the surge of heavily pro cessed millets.

Millets belong to the family of cereals, but be cause of their coarse texture, they were often seen as playing a second fiddle to their rich cousins, rice and wheat. Millets are more resil ient to water scarcity and can thrive in semi-arid regions, making them a sustainable choice for Indian agric...