23/10/2026
๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฆ: ๐๐ก๐๐๐'๐ฆ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐ก๐๐ช๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก
When the United Nations declared 2023 the International Year of Millets, following a proposal led by India, many global buyers looked at these grains seriously for the first time. For Indian farmers, millets were never new. They have been grown for thousands of years, especially in
dry regions where other cereals struggle.
India grows a wide family of millets. ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ (๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฟ๐ฎ) is widely grown in Rajasthan and other dry states. ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ (๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ) is strongly associated with Karnataka. ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ต๐๐บ (๐ท๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ) is important in Maharashtra and surrounding regions. Smaller millets such as foxtail, little, kodo and barnyard millet are grown in many hilly and rain-fed areas.
For importers, the opportunity is real, but so is the need for precision. Millets vary widely in grain size, colour, moisture and cleanliness. Some buyers want whole grain for traditional cooking, others want dehulled or polished grain, flour, flakes or ingredients for health foods and animal or bird feed. Each use has different quality expectations.
A clear millet inquiry names the exact millet (common and botanical name helps avoid confusion), the form, purity, moisture, admixture, insect damage limits, packing and the market regulations that apply. Because millet names differ across languages and countries, confirming the botanical name is one of the simplest ways to prevent errors.
Millets also connect with something buyers increasingly value: crops that grow with less water and fewer inputs.
๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐?
