Finger millet farmers in Busia county display their mature crops. Linet Akamuran, a young farmer from Okemer in Teso South, Busia County, cultivates eight acres of finger millet annually, yielding 70 ...

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has declared 2023 the international year of millets, praising the grain’s ability to grow in arid soil with minimal inputs. For many farmers, 2023 ...

A multilocation training-cum-input distribution programme themed ‘Hands-on training on organic cultivation of millets during kharif and zaid season’ under the Tribal Sub-Plan project was organised by ...

Finger millet (Eleusine coracana) is hardly "lost." Indeed, it is one of the few special species that currently support the world's food supplies. This African native probably originated in the ...

The shift is visible long before you reach the fields.In parts of Chimanimani, the dominance of maize is slowly giving way to a patchwork of small grains, finger millet, rapoko and sorghum, crops once ...

Millets have numerous health benefits, including helping to lower your blood sugar and cholesterol levels. They’re also gluten-free, so people with celiac disease or gluten sensitivities can enjoy ...

Millets, once considered 'poor man's food,' are now recognized as nutrient-rich "nutri-cereals." This article highlights seven types—finger, pearl, foxtail, little, kodo, barnyard, and ...