Nutrition information for one cup of cooked millet

Millet is the collective name of a group of genera of the grass family(Gramineae/Paniceae) widely grown around the world for food or animal feed. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ... In popular language grass means a short, green, ground covering or lawn, usually, but not necessarily comprised of a true grass or grasses, called turf. ...

Pearl millet (Pennesetum glaucum (L.)) R.Br, syn. P. americanum (L.) Leeke is the most widely grown of the group.

Pearl millet has been grown in India and Africa since prehistoric times. It is now generally accepted that pearl millet originated in Africa and that it was introduced into India from there. Africa is the largest of the three great southward projections from the main mass of the Earths surface. ...

Millet is well adapted to low rainfall and high temperature, and thus can be grown in areas where other cereal crops, such as wheat or maize, would not survive. Cereal crops are mostly grasses cultivated for their edible seeds (actually a fruit called a grain, technically a caryopsis). ... Species T. boeoticum T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta References:   ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 Wheat (Triticum spp) is a grass that is cultivated around the world. ... Species Zea diploperennis Zea luxurians Zea nicaraguensis Zea perennis References ITIS 42268 2002-09-22 Sorting Zea names This article is about the staple food. ...

Today pearl millet is grown on 260,000 km² worldwide.

Other names for Pearl millet:

• In the USA: cattail millet, Pencillaria
• In India: bajra, bajri, sajje, cumbu
• In Africa: mahangu, sanio, gero, babala, nyoloti, bullrush millet, dukkin, souma
• In Europe: candle millet, dark millet

This article or section should be merged with Millet In Namibia, Mahangu is the word for pearl millet, a crop grown mainly in the north of that country, where it is the staple food. ...

Uses

Millet grain is the basic staple for farm households in the poorest countries and among the poorest people. Millet straw is a valued building material, fuel and livestock feed. Sheep are commonly bred as livestock. ...

Millet is consumed in the form of leavened or unleavened breads, porridges, boiled or steamed foods, and (alcoholic) beverages. In the Sahel and elsewhere in northern Africa, pearl millet is an important ingredient of couscous. Leaven is a raising agent for bread. ... Porridge (also known in American English as hot cereal), is a simple dish made by boiling oats (normally crushed oats, occasionally oatmeal) or another meal in water and/or milk. ... In general usage, alcohol (from Arabic al-khwl الكحول, or al-ghawl الغول) refers almost always to ethanol, also known as grain alcohol, and often to any beverage that contains ethanol (see alcoholic beverage). ... The Sahel (from Arabic ساحل sahil for shore or border) is the boundary zone in Africa between the Sahara to the north and the more fertile region to the south, known as the Sudan (not to be confused with the country of the same name). ... Couscous (from Maghreb Arabic kuskusu, which is from Tamazight seksu) is a food which consists of grains made from semolina which are about 1mm or 1/16th inch in diameter (after cooking). ...

In the USA, Australia, and Europe, millets are also grown to feed cattle and birds. World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... Binomial name Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 Cattle are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. ... For other meanings of bird, see bird (disambiguation). ...

Other Millets

The millets include five genera of the Paniceae tribe of the grass family Poaceae (Panicum, Setaria, Echinochloa, Pennisetum and Eleusine). The most important cultivated species are : Genera See: List of Poaceae genera The true grasses are monocot (class Liliopsida) plants of the family Poaceae (formerly Graminae). ... Pennisetum is a genus of the grass family Poaceae, tribe Paniceae. ...

• Proso (Panicum miliaceum)
• Foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
• Japanese barnyard millet (Echinochloa colana var frumentacea)
• Finger millet (Eleusine coracana)
• Koda millet (Paspalum scorbiculatum)

This article needs cleanup. ... binomial name Eleusine coracana Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana L.) is an annual grass (family Poaceae), also known as African millet or ragi. ...

Crop improvements

Major research on millets is carried out by the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Andhra Pradesh, India. (http://www.icrisat.org) The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is a non-profit, apolitical, international organization which uses science and technology to aid agriculture in semi-arid tropical areas, mainly in developing countries. ...