Crop diversity, millet crops and their erosion are matters of rising concern. Millets are known in several ways to various stakeholders. Some people consider millets as climate-resilient, climate-smart, eco-friendly, contingency and future crops; as nutri-cereals, nutraceuticals, smart and future foods. For some people, millets are ‘neglected millets’, ‘underutilized millets’, neglected and under-utilized crops/species; they are often undervalued as ‘minor millets’, minor crops and coarse grains. For some other, millets are stigmatized as ‘marginalized grains’, ‘marginalized millets’, ‘marginalized crops’ and crops for the poor. At the empirical dimension, on one hand, the traditional producers and consumers of millets from tribal and rural areas are losing and lacking interest in such cultivation and consumption. On the other hand, there is a reinvention of tradition, as nutritional values and health benefits of millets are realized by the urbanites and educated sections. Thus, I see a paradox of millets. Therefore, the present article studies the status of traditional and ‘neglected’ millets and also the trends of their cultivation and consumption. It identifies the opportunities, constraints and challenges for millets use for achieving sustainable food security and nutritional security and towards the Sustainable Development Goal 2.

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被忽视的小米、作物多样性和营养安全：印度小米的悖论

作物多样性、小米作物及其侵蚀是人们日益关注的问题。不同利益相关者通过多种方式了解小米。有些人认为小米是气候适应型、气候智能型、生态友好型、应急作物和未来作物；作为营养谷物、保健食品、智能食品和未来食品。对于一些人来说，小米是“被忽视的小米”、“未充分利用的小米”、被忽视和未充分利用的作物/物种；它们常常被低估为“小粟”、小作物和粗粮。对于另一些人来说，小米被污蔑为“边缘化谷物”、“边缘化小米”、“边缘化农作物”和穷人的农作物。在实证层面，一方面，来自部落和农村地区的传统小米生产者和消费者正在失去和缺乏对这种种植和消费的兴趣。另一方面，随着城市居民和受过教育的人群认识到小米的营养价值和健康益处，传统也得到了重塑。由此，我看到了小米的悖论。因此，本文研究了传统和“被忽视”的小米的现状及其种植和消费趋势。它确定了利用小米实现可持续粮食安全和营养安全以及实现可持续发展目标 2 的机遇、限制和挑战。