This document discusses millet (bajra), a warm-weather, drought-tolerant crop grown in Pakistan. It is a kharif (summer) season crop commonly grown from March to August for fodder and June to July for seed production. Millet grows well in dry, arid regions and on marginal or poor soils. It is planted using broadcasting, pora, or kera sowing methods. The crop requires 6-8 kg/ha of seed for production or 12-16 kg/ha for fodder. It needs 2-3 irrigations and fertilizer including 90 kg/ha of nitrogen and 45 kg/ha of phosphorus. Pests include downy mildew,

1. MUZAMIL TASSEN
SECTION: B
ROLL NO # II2
4TH Semester
UCA&ES
THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY BAHAWALPUR

2. MILLET (BAJRA)
• Kharif season crop
• Finger millet
• Pollinated crop
• It contain
69% carbohydrates
11% protien
5% fats
• Originated from Africa
• Use as fodder ,flour,alcohlic beverages

3. SEASON AND SOWING TIME
Kharif season crop
March-August for fodder
June-July for seed production
Mid of the July is best for time sowing

4. CLIMATE
• Millet is a warm-weather crop
• Drought tolerant crop
• It is extensively sown in the dry and arid regions of
Pakistan

5. LAND PREPARATION
• 2-3 ploughing followed by Planking
• Cultivated on marginal land ( less profit soil
• Or poor soil)

6. SOWING METHODS
• Braodcasting
• Pora method (“Pora” method in which a locally made sort
of a single- row drill pulled by bullock or man is used)
• Kera method (The “Kera” method of dropping the seed by
hand in furrows created by a bullock – drawn plough and
covered by feet)

7. SEED RATE
• 6-8 kg/ha for seed production
• 12-16 kg/ha for fodder production

8. IRRIGATION AND FERTILIZER
• IRRIGATION
• 2-3 irrigation required
• 1st irrigation
• 3 weeks after sowing
• Fertilizer
• 90 kg/ha Nitrogen
• 45 kg/ha Phosphorus

9. DISEASE ASND INSECTS
• Downy mildew
• Leaf spot
• Grain smut
• Shoot fly
• Borers

10. INTER CULTURE
• Thinning or gap filling is followed
• Weeding is done
• Application of Atrazine @ 0.5 kg/ha is profitable to control
weeds.

11. INTERCULTURE AND WEED
CONTROL
• This crop does not require hoeing
• Seed crops should be kept free of weeds to get a good
return.
• No herbicides are used
• In case of the kera and pora methods of sowing, weeds
may be controlled by interculture using the desi plough.
• When sowing is done by broadcasting, only hand weeding
is feasible.

12. VARITIES
• BY-18
• Cholistani bajra
• Rainfed bajra

13. HARVESTING
• 65-80 days after sowing
• 2.5-4 months crop depending upon verities
• The crop is harvested when grains become hard enough
and contain moisture
• Two methods are adopted for harvesting the crop
• Cutting ear head first from standing crop followed by
cutting of remaining plants later
• Cutting of entire plants by sticks and stalking the plants
for five days in sun for obtaining grains.

14. PRODUCTION
• 40-50 tons/ha fodder
• 1000-1200 kg/ha seed production