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Sakshi Chauhan
I remember a dialogue from the film Sholay. The men of Gandar go to Ramgarh and collect food grains from the farmers. A villager says that he has brought the Jawar. Sardar Daku gets furious as to why he has brought so little. This film of the seventies tells that in those days, mostly jawar bajra was eaten in the villages, then it was probably only a few years that the Green Revolution started. Then wheat and Rice may not have become as much ingrained in the habit of the villagers as it is today.
Let’s talk about jawar, millet and coarse grains later. Right now it is necessary to worry about wheat and rice. For how many days or years this abundance of wheat and rice will last, the question is now. Climate change and lack of natural balance in agriculture is going to cause a crisis very soon. How, understand it. A few days ago I went to a village in Central UP. The tubewell was running and the cold water was passing through a pond to the fields. The farmer said- Brother, since the sun has started getting electricity, then there has been a lot of relief. Run the pump and irrigate throughout the day. It should have been a pleasure to hear this, but in reality it is a matter of concern. The farmers were not aware of how low the groundwater level had gone down in that district. Now where solar electricity is available, there are also pumps running wildly. Due to this, the ground water will go down much faster. Then what will happen to the paddy wheat crops that are being grown now? They need a lot of water.
The crisis is now in front. Groundwater and solar pumps are not the only reason. Due to seasonal changes, the crop produced every year is decreasing. A farmer from eastern Uttar Pradesh said that the wheat grain remained thin in the previous crop. The average winter temperature was two degrees higher in that area. Only because of this, thirty percent of the crop was reduced. Cultivated land is also continuously decreasing. On one hand the crop is decreasing and on the other hand the demand is decreasing. This year there is a severe drought in Europe. There has been an unprecedented flood in Pakistan. In such a situation, the demand for grains and vegetables of our country has increased a lot in the outside world. The prices of flour and rice are increasing continuously. Traditionally consumed items are becoming beyond the reach of a large population. Now the question is what will be the alternative in the coming time. Coming back, Jowar is added to Najra, Ragi, Mada, Sawan, Kodo, Kutki, Kangni, Chauna and Barley-Maize etc. Most of these grains are such that they require very little water, fertilizers and pesticides. Naturally, it can also come in the places of barren and less water, climate change and natural in agriculture.
The lack of balance is going to lead to a crisis. There is a thousands of years old history of eating these grains in our country.
Evidence of this has also been found in the remains of the Indus Valley Civilization. By the way, even if we do not go so far back, before the Green Revolution, till the sixties, these grains were cooked in every house. The nutrients necessary for our body are also better in them. India’s cereal experts and climate experts have predicted that there is going to be a continuous shortage of wheat and rice. That is why from the year 2018, the mention of coarse grains or millets is constantly happening in the speeches of the leaders. On the request of India, the year 2023 has been declared by the United Nations as the International Year of Coarse Cereals. In that year, work will be done all over the world on the promotion and promotion of the properties of coarse cereals. Milat was generally considered the food of laborers and tribals. But ever since people have come to know about the harm caused by gluten in wheat, since then coarse grains are now increasing their reach in the plate of the rich. The concern is that the things which the rich have their eyes on, they start disappearing. Some time ago it was known in Araku Valley called Kati of Andhra Pradesh. A travel museum has been built there to preserve the extinct tribal culture. There is also detailed information about millets or coarse grains. Obviously, these are also being grown a lot now. If we have to take this future super food from door to door, then we have to talk about it in detail and increase agriculture. It will also be good for controlling the increasing diabetes and heart disease. It’s time to change your eating habits. The talk started with the lack of water.
