PEARL MILLET
For centuries, millets were the staples in India but gradually were relegated to the background and got marginalized post green revolution [GR] as the emphasis shifted to increased food grain production & productivity using high yielding varieties of wheat & rice in the identified GR geographies.
Millets are small-grained, annual, warm-weather cereals belonging to the grass family. Jowar (Sorghum), Bajra (Pearl Millet) and Ragi (Finger millet) are the important millets cultivated in India. Small Millets such as Proso (Cheena), Kodo (Kodra, Arikelu), Fox tail (Kangni/Korra), Barnyard (Varai, Sawa), Little millet (Kutki) are also grown in our country.
Millets are the staple crops of the semiarid tropics, as other food crops cannot be cultivated in that terrain due to low rainfall and poor soil fertility. They also have higher nutrient content compared to major cereal crops and ensure food and nutrition security. Further, millets are tolerant to drought and other extreme weather conditions and hence are endemic to such geographies.
With growing concerns of life style diseases coupled with ‘refined’ diet culture, the modern consumers are slowly, but increasingly looking at the nutrient rich millets as a suitable alternative to wheat and rice. With the COVID -19, momentum picked up and both the urban and rural consumers are choosing millets for improving their nutrition & strengthening their immunity.
Product Specification
| Specification |
Value |
| Moisture |
14% (Max)
|
| Protein |
8%
|
| Foreign Matter |
1% (Max) |
| Broken |
1% |
| Energy |
300 kCal
|
| Aflatoxin |
10 PPB Max
|
| PP Bags |
25 kgs |
| 20' Container Capacity |
26 MTN |
| New crop months |
April, May, September, October |