Assessing the Risk Status of Minor Millets in the Kolli Hills, Tamil Nadu, India

Assessing the Risk Status of Minor Millets in the Kolli Hills, Tamil Nadu, India

Assessing the Risk Status of Minor Millets in the Kolli Hills, Tamil Nadu, India

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Research brief

Español: Evaluación de la situación sanitaria de los mijos menores en Kolli Hills, Tamil Nadu, India. 

While the objective of the overall PACS project is to explore the potential for applying payment for environmental services concepts to the conservation of agrobiodiversity, the specific objectives of the field work carried out in Tamil Nadu, India were to determine: the number of minor millet-growing households and their trend; the extent and trend of areas planted to specific minor millet species/varieties; reasons for the decline in some of these species/varieties; and the willingness of farmers to cultivate the most threatened species/varieties in the future

Authors: Bioversity International
Publication Years: 2010
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