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 ...

Of all the world's cereals, pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) 1 is the sixth most important. Descended from a wild West African grass, it was domesticated more than 4,000 years ago, probably in what ...