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Millets - Good For The Planet

  1. MILLETS GOOD FOR THE PLANET In drier and warmer climate, millets are more adapted. Millets can grow with no or little fertilizers and pesticides A CROP TO BRING DIVERSITY ON FARM FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE Easier to grow for poor farmers with difficult access to inputs. Greater crop diversity on farm reduces pests, climate risks, improving farmers’ overall resilience. HARDY AND DROUGHT TOLERANT Millets are often the only cereal crops that can grow in arid lands. Only needs 350-400 mm anual rain With global warming, 40% of land where we grow maize in sub-Saharan Africa may not support that crop by 2030. Millet survives better than maize in drought conditions. We will need drought-tolerant alternatives like millets. Need less waterthan other cereals 350 mm 350 mm 450 mm400 mm 500 mm 600 mm 1250 mm 2100 mm FingerM illet PearlM illetSorghumG roundnut M aize C otton R iceSugarcane HEAT TOLERANT Some pearl millets survive at temperatures up to 64°C. 64°C FOOD SOLUTION IN A CHANGING CLIMATE GROW FASTER Some millets need 60-65 days to mature against 100-140 days for wheat. 60 to 65days 100 to 140days Sciencewithahumanface
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