India, Aug. 27 -- Millet cultivation is being revived in Kezoma, a Nagaland village near Kohima, where the 2nd Kezoma Millet Festival showcased the crop's economic and nutritional potential.

Over 2,000 kg of freshly harvested millets and organic produce were sold through 23 stalls, involving 36 cultivating groups.

Officials highlight millets' climate resilience, suitability for hilly terrain and role in boosting rural incomes.

Millet cultivation is seeing a revival in a small Nagaland village of 2,000 people located about 40 kilometres away from state capital, Kohima, officials told Down To Earth (DTE) recently.

The 2nd Edition of the Kezoma Millet Festival conceptualised and organised by the Kezoma Village Council, in collaboration w...