Español: Mijos menores en los aprendizajes del sur de Asia del FIDA-NUS proyecto en la India y Nepal. Description: The small millets comprising six species, namely, finger millet (Eleusine coracana), little millet (Panicum sumatrense), Italian or foxtail millet (Setaria italica), barnyard millet (Echinochloa crusgalli), proso millet (Panicum miliaceum) and kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum) are grown in about 2 million ha area in India, Among these, finger millet is the most important and occupies about 60% of the area and contributes 70 % of small millet production. These crops are hardy and quite resilient to varied agroclimatic adversities and play important role in marginal agriculture more common in hilly and semi-arid regions as important source of food grain as well as highly valued fodder.