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Foxtail millet (Setaria italica) seeds, India.Foxtail millet, scientific name Setaria italica (synonym Panicum italicum L.), is an annual grass grown for human food. It is the second-most widely planted species of millet, and the most grown millet species in Asia.
Also known by the name "Makai No Rotlo" in Gujarati and "Makyachi Bhakri" in Marathi. [5] Ragi bhakri – Ragi bhakhris, or ragi rottis, are made of red finger millets. They are prepared similarly to other bhakris. Rice bhakri – Rice bhakhris are made of rice flour, prepared similarly to other bhakris. They are common in the Konkan region.
Echinochloa frumentacea (Indian barnyard millet, sawa millet, or billion dollar grass) [2] is a species of Echinochloa. Both Echinochloa frumentacea and E. esculenta are called Japanese millet . This millet is widely grown as a cereal in India , Pakistan , and Nepal .
Millet porridge made with pumpkin is particularly common. In the Lipetsk Oblast ritual and daily meals from millet include chichi (Russian: чичи). These are millet fritters. [56] Millet is the main ingredient in bánh đa kê, a Vietnamese sweet snack.
Proso millet is a relatively low-demanding crop, and diseases are not known; consequently, it is often used in organic farming systems in Europe. In the United States, it is often used as an intercrop. Thus, proso millet can help to avoid a summer fallow, and continuous crop rotation can be achieved.
Ragi mudde, ragi sangati or kali, colloquially simply referred to as either mudde or hittu which means 'lump' or 'dough', is a finger millet swallow dish of India in the state of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh (Rayalaseema region). [1] In Tamil Nadu, especially in western Tamil Nadu, it is also called ragi kali.
Pearl millet. The ancient Tamils cultivated a wide range of crops such as rice, sugarcane, millets, pepper, various grams, coconuts, beans, cotton, plantain, tamarind and sandalwood. Paddy was the main crop and different varieties of paddy such as Vennel, Sennel, Pudunel, Aivananel and Torai were grown in the wet land of Marutam.
Pearl millet is a summer annual crop well-suited for double cropping and rotations. The grain and forage are valuable as food and feed resources in Africa, Russia, India and China. Today, pearl millet is grown on over 260,000 square kilometres (100,000 sq mi) of land worldwide. It accounts for about 50% of the total world production of millets. [7]