Little millet belongs to the family Poaceae, sub-family Panicoideae and the tribe Paniceae (Rachie, 1975). It is grown indigenously in the tropics and sub tropics. It is a drought tolerant crop and requires less amount of water to complete its life cycle. Little millet is widely distributed in temperate zone of Asia and tropical region of the world. Among Indian states, mainly Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Maharastra and Orrisa. In Madhya Pradesh, a number of land races of little millet are grown widely in Rewa, Sahadol, Satna, Anuppur, Shidhi, Umaria, and Singarauli district (Jain and Singh, 2008). It is rich in vitamin B, minerals like potassium, phosphorus, iron, zinc and magnesium. Therefore it can address nutritional sensitive agriculture, which aims at nutritional enhancement to combat the present scenario of micronutrient malnutrition (Arunachalam
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