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Expanding underutilized crops in Asia: The promise of millets for improving nutrition and sustainability

Jan 29th, 2024 • by Suresh Babu, Nandita Srivastava, Valeria Piñeiro, and Brian McNamara

Asia is home to 55% of the people in the world affected by hunger—more than 400 million—and faces continuing threats to food security. The crises of recent years—including the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war, and climate-related shocks—have disrupted Asia’s food supply chains as they have around the world. Currently, rising temperatures, unpredictable weather patterns, and floods pose threats to the production of rice and wheat, key staple crops in the region.