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The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics , a member of the CGIAR consortium, partners with farmers, governments, researchers and NGOs to help farmers grow nutritious crops, including finger millet. This helps their communities have more balanced diets and become more resilient to pests and drought.
These three GRPs are implemented through 18 research clusters. The ICRISAT genebank serves as a repository for the collection of germplasm of the six mandate crops [16] – sorghum, pearl millet, finger millet, chickpea, pigeonpea and groundnut; and five small millets – foxtail millet, little millet, kodo millet, proso millet and barnyard millet.
Millet does not contain toxic prussic acid, sometimes found in sorghum. [65] The rapid growth of millet as a grazing crop allows flexibility in its use. Farmers can wait until sufficient late spring / summer moisture is present and then make use of it. It is ideally suited to irrigation where livestock finishing is required. [64] [65] [66]
ICAR - IIMR performs crop improvement research, using conventional as well as methods derived from biotechnology, on the following crops: sorghum, pearl millet, finger millet, foxtail millet, little millet, barnyard millet, proso millet and Kodo millet.
Atherigona miliaceae, the finger millet shoot fly, is a species of fly in the family Muscidae. The larvae feed on the central growing shoots of crops such as finger millet, little millet, and proso millet. It is found in East Asia and South Asia. [1] [2] [3]
Kodo millet is a nutritious grain and a good substitute for rice or wheat. The grain is composed of 11% of protein, providing 9 grams/100 g consumed. [ 18 ] It is an excellent source of fibre at 10 grams (37–38%), as opposed to rice, which provides 0.2/100 g, and wheat, which provides 1.2/100 g.
Digitaria sanguinalis is a species of grass known by several common names, including hairy crabgrass, [2] hairy finger-grass, [3] large crabgrass, crab finger grass, purple crabgrass. [4] It is one of the better-known species of the genus Digitaria , and one that is known nearly worldwide as a common weed.
Atherigona miliaceae (finger millet shoot fly or little millet shoot fly): affects Panicum miliaceum, Panicum sumatrense; Atherigona naqvii (wheat stem fly): affects Triticum aestivum, Zea mays; Atherigona orientalis (tomato fly or pepper fruit fly) Atherigona oryzae (rice shoot fly): affects Oryza sativa, Paspalum scrobiculatum, Triticum ...