Millets and Millet Technology - Kumar, Anil; Tripathi, Manoj Kumar; Joshi, Dinesh;(ed.) - Prospero Internet Bookshop

Millets and Millet Technology
 
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ISBN13:9789811606786
ISBN10:9811606781
Binding:Paperback
No. of pages:438 pages
Size:235x155 mm
Weight:694 g
Language:English
Illustrations: 30 Illustrations, black & white; 60 Illustrations, color
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Millets and Millet Technology

 
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021
Publisher: Springer
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Short description:

Millets are small-grained, annual, warm weather cereal. The millets offer both nutritional and livelihood security of human population and fodder security of diverse livestock population in dryland region of India. Millets are highly nutritious, they are known as health foods especially for control of diabetes and mineral deficiencies. One of the major factors for declining consumption of millets is the lack of awareness of their nutritive value and inconvenience of their preparation.



This book covers both, chemistry and novel technology for millet processing and development. It summarizes the latest information on millets, their nutritional and health benefits, historical perspective, utilization, R&D efforts, present status and the importance being given by policy makers for promoting millets for sustainable agriculture and healthy society. The book is compiled by various experts keeping in view syllabi of different research institutions, researchers, students as well requirement of the industry. It will serve as instructional material for researchers in food science, microbiology, process engineering, biochemistry, biotechnology and reference material for those working in industry and R & D labs.

Long description:

Millets are small-grained, annual, warm weather cereal. The millets offer both nutritional and livelihood security of human population and fodder security of diverse livestock population in dryland region of India. Millets are highly nutritious, they are known as health foods especially for control of diabetes and mineral deficiencies. One of the major factors for declining consumption of millets is the lack of awareness of their nutritive value and inconvenience of their preparation.



This book covers both, chemistry and novel technology for millet processing and development. It summarizes the latest information on millets, their nutritional and health benefits, historical perspective, utilization, R&D efforts, present status and the importance being given by policy makers for promoting millets for sustainable agriculture and healthy society. The book is compiled by various experts keeping in view syllabi of different research institutions, researchers, students as well requirement of the industry. It will serve as instructional material for researchers in food science, microbiology, process engineering, biochemistry, biotechnology and reference material for those working in industry and R & D labs.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Millets for Life: A Brief Introduction.- Chapter 2. Global Scenario of Millets Cultivation.- Chapter 3. Minor Millets: Profile and Ethnobotanical Scenario.- Chapter 4. Millets: Malnutrition and Nutrition Security.- Chapter 5. Nutritional Composition of Millets.- Chapter 6. Millet starch: Current Knowledge and Emerging Insights of Structure, Physiology, Glycaemic Attributes and Uses.- Chapter 7. Product Development from Millets.- Chapter 8. Seed Storage Proteins and Amino Acids Synthetic Pathways and their Regulation in Cereals with Reference to Biologically and Nutritionally Important Proteins and Bioactive Peptides in Millets.- Chapter 9. Millets, Phytochemicals and their Health Attributes.- Chapter 10. Science-Led Innovation for Searching and Creating Values in Natural Gene Pool of Millets for Agri-Food Nutrition and Health.- Chapter 11. Processing Technology for Value Addition in millets.- Chapter 12. Fermented Millet Technology and Products.- Chapter 13. Processing-Mediated changes in the Antinutritional, Phenolic and Antioxidant Contents of Millet.- Chapter 14. Technology for Millet Value-Added Products.- Chapter 15. Millet-Based Traditional Processed Food Beverages.- Chapter 16. Millet-Based Value-Added food products for diabetics.- Chapter 17. Genomics-Assisted Improvement of Grain Quality and Nutraceutical Properties in Millets.- Chapter 18. Rural Entrepreneurship Development in Millet Processing.- Chapter 19. Quality Management System in Millet and Sorghum.- Chapter 20. Demand Creation Measures and Value Chain Model on Millets in India.- Chapter 21. Role of Nutrihub Incubation for the Development Of Business Opportunities in Millets: An Indian Scenario.-