从巴德拉德里到巴斯塔尔，遍布印度各地的部落和农村妇女正将杂粮转化为生计、营养和气候智慧型解决方案。
From Bhadradri to Bastar, tribal and rural women across India are transforming millets into livelihoods, nutrition, and climate-smart solutions.
在印度不断演变的饮食格局中，一场静悄悄的革命正在进行。女性农民、自助小组（SHG）和部落企业家正重新拥抱曾被视为"穷人粮"的杂粮，将其转变为超级食物、气候智慧型作物，以及推动农村赋权的引擎。通过本地创新、价值提升，并与"LiFE"（环境友好生活方式）、"Shree Anna"、"自力更生的印度"以及女性创业等国家优先事项相结合，农村和部落妇女不仅在种植杂粮，更在改变生活。
In India's evolving food landscape, a quiet revolution is underway. Women farmers, self-help groups (SHGs), and tribal entrepreneurs are reclaiming millets — once dismissed as "poor man's grains" — as superfoods, climate-smart crops, and engines of rural empowerment. Through local innovation, value addition, and alignment with national priorities like LiFE (Lifestyle for the Environment), Shree Anna, Atmanirbhar Bharat, and women's entrepreneurship, rural and tribal women are not just cultivating millets; they are transforming lives.
真实女性，真实改变
Real Women, Real Change
在特伦甘纳邦的巴德拉德里，"巴德拉德里杂粮奇迹"倡议已动员了200多名女性农民。她们种植指小米、高粱和科多小米，将其加工成面粉和零食，并通过当地集市和在线平台销售。成员每月收入6000至8000卢比，该自助小组网络2023年总销售额突破500万卢比。印度总理最近在《心声》（Mann ki Baat）节目中曾对她们的工作表示赞赏。在泰米尔纳德邦的尼尔吉里山区，部落自助小组采用传统梯田种植指小米和稗子，加工成面粉、粥和饼干等增值产品，每月获得可观收入，同时改善了当地儿童和老年人的营养状况。
In Bhadradri, Telangana, the Bhadradri Millet Magic initiative has mobilized over 200 women farmers. They cultivate ragi, jowar, and kodo millet, process them into flours and snacks, and sell through local markets and online platforms. Members earn ₹6,000–8,000 per month, and the SHG network's total sales crossed ₹50 lakh in 2023. India's Prime Minister recently applauded their work on his Mann ki Baat program. In Tamil Nadu's Nilgiri Hills, tribal SHGs cultivate finger and barnyard millet using traditional terrace farming. Through value addition — flours, porridges, and biscuits — they earn a substantial monthly income while improving local nutrition among children and the elderly.
杂粮与LiFE
Millets & LiFE
这些基层女性主导的企业正是"LiFE"理念的生动体现——选择抗旱、需水量少、甲烷排放低的杂粮，进行本地加工和社区内销售，既减少环境影响，又提升营养和社区韧性。印度政府通过最低支持价格（MSP）、纳入学生午餐（Mid-Day Meal）和综合儿童发展服务（ICDS）项目、政府培训等举措，为杂粮产业提供了结构性支持，使女性主导的自助小组能够扩大经营规模、接触机构买家，并参与可持续价值链。
These grassroots women-led enterprises embody the LiFE philosophy — choosing drought-resilient, low-water, low-methane millets, processing them locally, and selling within communities to reduce environmental impact, enhance nutrition, and strengthen resilience. The Indian government has provided structural support through Minimum Support Price (MSP) schemes, integration into Mid-Day Meal and ICDS programs, and government training, enabling women-led SHGs to scale operations, access institutional buyers, and participate in sustainable value chains.
前行之路
The Path Ahead
挑战依然存在：运输成本高、对最低支持价格（MSP）认知有限、加工基础设施不足、融资渠道受限、性别规范约束，以及在本地市场之外的营销困难。许多自助小组通过联合会、移动加工单位、种子库和合作营销等方式克服这些障碍，确保集体韧性。这些杂粮女性守护者的故事，是从维持生计走向创业、从边缘走向自主的典范，为印度农村的未来提供了可扩展、可复制且鼓舞人心的模式。
Challenges remain: high transportation costs, limited MSP awareness, insufficient processing infrastructure, restricted access to finance, gender norms, and marketing beyond local markets. Many SHGs overcome these through federations, mobile processing units, seed banks, and cooperative marketing, ensuring collective resilience. The story of these women custodians of millets is one of moving from subsistence to enterprise, from marginality to agency — a scalable, replicable, and inspiring model for the future of rural India.
LiFE使命
Mission LiFE
在纳伦德拉·莫迪总理的领导下，印度在COP26上发起了LiFE使命，旨在将气候责任生活方式融入日常选择，目标是在2028年前动员10亿人参与。在这一框架下，杂粮作为Shree Anna被推广，成为可持续农业和健康饮食的基石。杂粮需水量极少、甲烷排放可忽略不计，且富含铁、钙和纤维等营养素。印度通过政策支持、科研推动和基层倡导，将杂粮重新定位为“营养谷物”，并成功促成联合国宣布2023年为国际杂粮年，使杂粮运动获得全球认可。
Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India launched Mission LiFE at COP26 to embed climate-responsible lifestyles into everyday choices, aiming to mobilize one billion people by 2028. Within this framework, millets — promoted as Shree Anna — have emerged as a cornerstone of sustainable agriculture and healthy diets, requiring minimal irrigation, emitting negligible methane, and providing rich nutrients like iron, calcium, and fiber. Through policy support, scientific research, and grassroots advocacy, India has repositioned millets as "nutri-cereals" and successfully led the UN to declare 2023 the International Year of Millets, boosting global recognition of the millet movement.
