Proso millet, a crop that makes more grain from less water than any other, has been neglected by the seed industry for many years. But that is starting to change. In the summer of 2021 farmers across ...

Dr. Schär is seeding a better world by preserving biodiversity - VItaMì, a project recovering and promoting minor crops. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, July 3, 2023 ...

"In the absence of supportive policies and sufficient investment priorities aimed at promoting finger millet cultivation and utilization, additional barriers to its integration into mainstream ...

In recent years a number of young Bunun indigenous people have been returning to their hometowns and, through millet cultivation, have begun a renaissance of fading traditional millet culture. From ...

When scientists Amrita Hazra and Patricia Bubner arrived in Berkeley, California a few years back to do post-doctoral science at the University of California, they bonded over what they saw as an ...

Millets arent just nutritious alternatives to conventional grains. Theyre superior choices that support digestion, stabilise ...

New varieties of crops including pearl millet and sorghum better adapted to drought and heat will help farmers in dry tropical regions overcome the effects of global warming, a plant researcher said.

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 ...