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24 lis 2023 · This review shows that increased temperature has a negative impact on millet yield and growth parameters. Other climatic factors significantly affecting millet production in the Central Sahel include drought, desertification, dry spells, rainfall variability, and wind.
Pearl millet is a summer annual crop well-suited for double cropping and rotations. The grain and forage are valuable as food and feed resources in Africa, Russia, India and China. Today, pearl millet is grown on over 260,000 square kilometres (100,000 sq mi) of land worldwide.
In this study, we have used the data to predict which regions of the world are most adversely affected by climate change and how the cultivation of millets and other crops could aid in the reduction of stress on environmental resources.
Millet is a highly resilient crop that can withstand the Sahel’s harsh climate, including drought, high temperatures, and poor soil quality. Its deep root system allows it to access water and nutrients from deeper layers of the soil, making it more drought-tolerant than other cereal crops.
The Sahel is home to cowpeas, pigeon peas, groundnut, green grams and chick peas but millet and sorghum are the two most vital food crops of the Sahel. Millet is a group of annual grasses that are mainly found in arid or semi-arid regions in the world, normally found growing in places that barley and wheat are unable to thrive.
20 kwi 2020 · Iron-biofortified pearl millet is grown by a quarter of a million farmers in India, and now this nutritious crop is expanding in Africa’s Sahel region—with the potential to provide a convenient and cheap source of iron for people there.
13 sty 2023 · Millet production in the world. Millets have served as a traditional staple for hundreds of millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia (particularly in India, China, and Nigeria) for 7000 years and are now cultivated across the world. Estimates show that more than 90 million people in Africa and Asia depend on millets in their diets.
