High in Iron and Zinc – especially
good for children and pregnant women
Pearl millet
Well adapted to severe drought,
poor soil fertility, and hightemperatures
Major income source of
over 90 million poor
people in the drylands
Multiple uses – fodder,
biofuels & fermentation
industries, health foods
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