As India gears up in to formulate a historic and revolutionary Food Security Act, the II National Consulate on Millets, Titles Millet 2009, rightly declared that millets are the future of food and farming in India. The Delhi Declaration, which was an outcome of MILLETS 2009, is in a sense as historic as the Food Security Act, because it veers round the trail of red herrings such as Food Entitlement (with no emphasis on local production), and Genetic Engineering as the solution to the food crisis, articulated by many well-meaning and not so well-meaning groups around India.

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In India, out of the total net sown of 141.0 Mha, rainfed areas accounts for 85.0 Mha spread over 177 districts. This constitutes apprx. 60 percent of the total farming area in the country. Rainfed agriculture contributes 44% of the total food grain production of the country and produces 75% of pulses and more than 90% of Sorghum, Millet & Groundnut from arid and semi arid regions. Even after half a century of neglect, the rainfed regions provide livelihood to nearly 50% of the total rural work force and sustain 60% of cattle population of the country.

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