Millets are good for the planet. In drier and warmer climate, millets are more adapted.

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
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HEAT TOLERANT
Some pearl millets survive at
temperatures up to 64°C.
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FOOD SOLUTION
IN A CHANGING
CLIMATE
GROW
FASTER
Some millets need 60-65 days to
mature against 100-140 days for wheat.
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