Dimapur, July 7 (EMN): A farmers’ awareness programme was organised by the Department of GPB, School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development (SASRD), Medziphema, in collaboration with State Agricultural Station, Yisemyong, Mokokchung, on July 5 in Yisemyong village. In a press release, department of GPB, SASRD, informed that the joint director of SARS, Temsiunla, has urged the farmers to recognise the adverse effects of climate change. She stated that farmers need to alter agricultural practices so as to mitigate the ill effects of global climate change in agricultural crops. The assistant professor and coordinator of millets scheme, Dr. Pankaj Kumar Shah, underscored the nutritional importance of millets. Dr. Shah stated that owing to richness in nutrition, millets have also been regarded as nutri-cereals. He pointed out that millets are high in dietary fibre, devoid of gluten and also good sources of minerals and vitamins which are needed for normal functioning of human bein