Conceptual approach and empirical evidence on millet awareness among Nutrition students of Hyderabad after IYOM-An exploratory study

Recent years have seen a rise in the popularity of millets because of their high nutritional content, capacity to be gluten-free, lexibility, water ef iciency, support for sustainable farming, and possible economic bene its for small-scale farmers.Millets are also vital for the environment, human health, and livelihoods [1].Millets were India's staple food for centuries, but after the Green Revolution, they were gradually pushed to the sidelines and marginalized as the focus of agriculture shifted to higher food grain production and productivity using high-yielding varieties of wheat and rice in the designated Green Revolution geographies [2].However, millet consumption has decreased because of the modernization, urbanization, and globalization of food systems.This drop can be attributed to a number of factors, such as shifting lifestyles, the prevalence of convenience and processed foods, and the in luence of Western dietary trends [3].Milletbased food products are gaining signi icant acceptance, and there has been a dramatic increase in the number of millet entrepreneurs in recent years.Customers are increasingly asking for snacks and restaurant meals that are nutritious, with no chemicals, and made from locally sourced ingredients[4], such as traditionally grown millet.