Men may have benefited the most: there have as yet been no reported suicides in households where women have taken charge.

Farmers have neither guarantee nor insurance on their crop. Things are often out of their control. And these people are a basis of our economy.

Saving, growing and eating desi seeds have become a political, social, economic, ecological, health and scientific imperative.

Only a comprehensive policy response can ensure that farmers’ distress becomes a thing of the past.

"A lot of our products are cheaper than the inorganic equivalent in supermarkets, since our overheads are low."

"The idea is to wean farmers and home gardeners off hybrid or GM seeds and propagate the use of native or indigenous seeds"

Even during peak drought years, millet crops don't entirely fail. And every acre that grows millets over rice saves 6 million litres of water.

Even in a difficult year the available waters have to be shared.

On the MiNI's national campaign to bring millets (which are nutritious and suit India's agro-climatic conditions) into the PDS.