Two items on global crop & nutrition research on millets

FYI... Mesías M, Morales FJ, Gupta OP, Kaur Oberoi H and Ganapathy KN (2024) "Editorial: Advances in cereals and millets nutrition research." Frontiers in Nutrition 11:1349757. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1349757 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2024.13... Excerpts: "During the last decade, there has been a renewed commitment to improve the nutritional value of major cereals and millets. This involves a comprehensive approach that includes an enhanced understanding of genetic diversity for grain nutrients in the germplasm collections, crop improvement efforts such as biofortification using conventional and advanced genomic approaches, advancements in food processing, value addition, considerations of nutrient bioavailability, and rigorous testing for food safety and quality." ... "In conclusion, the exploration of cereals and millets as essential and important sources of nutrients is critical in addressing global challenges such as food insecurity and hidden hunger. The studies featured in this Research Topic underscore the importance of biofortification and genetic enhancement to elevate the nutritional value of grains like pearl millet/sorghum/small millets." "Plant Production and Protection: Global efforts to harness science and partnerships to transform millets," FAO News, 24/04/2025 https://www.fao.org/plant-production-protection/news-and-events/news/news-de... Discusses the ongoing Coordinated Research Project (CRP) of the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture that is entitled "Accelerated Genetic Improvement of Key Dryland Millets for Climate Change Adaptation." Article written following a Research Coordination Meeting for the project on 7–11 April 2025 in Vienna, Austria. Don Osborn, PhD (East Lansing, MI, US) North American Millets Alliance
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