# Millet

Millet

| Aŋa yitaalombile | cereal  |
| Has use | bondirii, drink, flour  |

Pearl millet in the field
Finger millet in the field
Ripe head of proso millet
Sprouting millet plants
**kyi** (/ˈmɪlɪts/) e bombie mine naŋ maŋ lantaa, a maŋ baŋ buli la ka banaŋ bori, a maŋ baŋ e la bondirii ko noba bee nensaala.

kyi taa la tɔnɔ yaga ko noba yaga a teɛŋ zu kyɛ a gaŋ a zaa Asia ane Africa (te nyɔge ne India, Mali, Nigeria, and Niger), 97% koɔra/ɔ la kyi a ba tenne poore. Ka neɛ bore a bombie ama a maŋ baa la wieoŋ ka tensoŋɛ wa veɛlɛ.

## Mannoo

Gbɛɛ yaga kyi bie maŋ e la bilii lɛ, ka anaŋ meŋ naŋ baa ka a e aŋa moore. ka a zie waa wolɔ kyɛ ka neɛ bore , anaŋ baa la..

## Kyi Bie

A bie ama gbɛɛ yaga maŋ e la be gyamaa a bombie gyaŋgere poɔ. A kyɛ la fee ka neɛ naŋ maŋ yeli ka moore la. Deɛb

eebo la ka ba maŋ de kyi bie ka anaŋ maale baare bee ta diibo :

Eragrostideae tribe in the subfamily Chloridoideae:

* *Eleusine coracana*: Nɔbie kyi
* *Eragrostis tef*: Teff; ba maŋ de ka kyi la.

Paniceae tribe in the subfamily Panicoideae:

* Genus *Panicum*:
	+ *Panicum miliaceum*: Proso millet (common millet, broomcorn millet, hog millet, or white millet, also known as baragu in Kannada, panivaragu in Tamil)
	+ *Panicum sumatrense*: Little millet
	+ *Panicum hirticaule*: Sonoran millet, cultivated in the American Southwest
* *Pennisetum glaucum*: Pearl millet

Pearl millet (*Pennisetum glaucum*)
* *Setaria italica*: Foxtail millet, Italian millet, panic
* Genus *Digitaria*: of minor importance as crops
	+ *Digitaria exilis*: known as white fonio, fonio millet, and hungry rice or acha rice
	+ *Digitaria iburua*: Black fonio
	+ *Digitaria compacta*: Raishan, cultivated in the Khasi Hills of northeast India
	+ *Digitaria sanguinalis*: Polish millet
* Genus *Echinochloa*: collectively, the members of this genus are called *barnyard grasses* or *barnyard millets*
	+ *Echinochloa esculenta*: Japanese barnyard millet
	+ *Echinochloa frumentacea*: Indian barnyard millet
	+ *Echinochloa oryzoides*
	+ *Echinochloa stagnina*: Burgu millet
	+ *Echinochloa crus-galli*: Common barnyard grass (or cockspur grass)
* *Paspalum scrobiculatum*: Kodo millet

Kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum)
* *Brachiaria deflexa*: Guinea millet
* *Brachiaria ramosa*: Browntop millet
* *Spodiopogon formosanus*: Taiwan oil millet, endemic to Taiwan

Andropogoneae tribe, also in the subfamily Panicoideae:

* *Sorghum bicolor*: Sorghum; usually considered a separate cereal, but sometimes known as *great millet*
* *Coix lacryma-jobi*: Job's tears, also known as adlay mill

## Piiluu

A parɛɛ na zaa ba naŋ boɔlɔ kyi da yi la tenne yaga , gbɛɛ yaga a East Asia , South Asia, West Africa, ne East Africa. Ama, a waaloŋ tɛɛtɛɛ yaare la pare yizie.

Neɛ naŋ e dakumo kyaare ne teɛre ka ba boɔlɔ palaeoethnobotanists, naŋ kaara a simmo, daabaroo yeli ka a koɔbɔ e la yelkpoŋ a saga na gaŋ mui, gaŋ a zaa a northern China ne Korea. Kyi meŋ poɔ la a dasaŋa na bondirii poɔ a Indian, Chinese Neolithic ne a Korean Mumun laŋkpeɛbo.

| Top Millet producers |
| --- |
| in 2021 |
| Numbers in million tonnes |
| 1.  India | 13.2 (43.85%) |
| 2.  China | 2.7 (8.97%) |
| 3.  Niger | 2.1 (6.98%) |
| 4.  Nigeria | 1.9 (6.31%) |
| 5.  Sudan | 1.5 (4.98%) |
| 6.  Mali | 1.5 (4.98%) |
| 7.  Senegal | 1 (3.32%) |
| 8.  Ethiopia | 1 (3.32%) |
| 9.  Burkina Faso | 0.7 (2.33%) |
| 10.  Chad | 0.6 (1.99%) |
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| World total | 30.1 |
| Source: FAOSTAT |

Production of millet (2008).
### daaŋ doge boma

*Tongba*, a millet-based alcoholic brew found in the far eastern mountainous region of Nepal and Sikkim, India
### A e la bondirii ko noba

, candied millet puffs, are a specialty of Osaka, Japan. This millet confection tradition began when it was presented to Sugawara no Michizane when he stopped in Naniwa during the early Heian period, about 1000 years ago.
Bánh đa kê, a specialty snack in Hanoi

Nutrient profile comparison of proso millet with other food staples| Component (per 100 g portion, raw grain) | Cassava[lower-alpha 1] | Wheat[lower-alpha 2] | Rice[lower-alpha 3] | Maize[lower-alpha 4] | Sorghum millet[lower-alpha 5] | Proso millet[lower-alpha 6] | Kodo millet
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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| water (g) | 60 | 13.1 | 12 | 76 | 9.2 | 8.7 |  |
| energy (kJ) | 667 | 1368 | 1527 | 360 | 1418 | **1582** | 1462
  |
| protein (g) | 1.4 | **12.6** | 7 | 3 | 11.3 | 11 | 9.94
  |
| fat (g) | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 3.3 | **4.2** | 3.03
  |
| carbohydrates (g) | 38 | 71.2 | **79** | 19 | 75 | 73 | 63.82
  |
| fiber (g) | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 6.3 | **8.5** | 8.2
  |
| sugars (g) | 1.7 | 0.4 | >0.1 | **3** | 1.9 |  |  |
| iron (mg) | 0.27 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | **4.4** | 3 | 3.17
  |
| manganese (mg) | 0.4 | **3.9** | 1.1 | 0.2 | <0.1 | 1.6 |  |
| calcium (mg) | 16 | 29 | 28 | 2 | 28 | 8 | **32.33** |
| magnesium (mg) | 21 | **126** | 25 | 37 | <120 | 114 |  |
| phosphorus (mg) | 27 | **288** | 115 | 89 | 287 | 285 | 300
  |
| potassium (mg) | 271 | 363 | 115 | 270 | 350 | 195 |  |
| zinc (mg) | 0.3 | **2.6** | 1.1 | 0.5 | <1 | 1.7 | 32.7
  |
| pantothenic acid (mg) | 0.1 | 0.9 | **1.0** | 0.7 | <0.9 | 0.8 |  |
| vitB6 (mg) | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | <0.3 | **0.4** |  |
| folate (µg) | 27 | 38 | 8 | 42 | <25 | **85** |  |
| thiamin (mg) | 0.1 | 0.38 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | **0.4** | 0.15
  |
| riboflavin (mg) | <0.1 | 0.1 | >0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | **0.3** | 2.0
  |
| niacin (mg) | 0.9 | **5.5** | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.9 |  | 0.09
  |

Nutrient content of various raw millets with comparison to quinoa, teff, fonio, rice and wheat| Crop / nutrient | Protein (g) | Fiber (g) | Minerals (g) | Iron (mg) | Calcium (mg) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sorghum | 10 | 4 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 54 |
| Pearl millet | 10.6 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 16.9 | 38 |
| Finger millet | 7.3 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 344 |
| Foxtail millet | 12.3 | 8 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 31 |
| Proso millet | 12.5 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 14 |
| Kodo millet | 8.3 | 9 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 27 |
| Little millet | 7.7 | 7.6 | 1.5 | 9.3 | 17 |
| Barnyard millet | 11.2 | 10.1 | 4.4 | 15.2 | 11 |
| Brown top millet | 11.5 | 12.5 | 4.2 | 0.65 | 0.01 |
| Quinoa | 14.1 | 7 | \* | 4.6 | 47 |
| Teff | 13 | 8 | 0.85 | 7.6 | 180 |
| Fonio | 11 | 11.3 | 5.31 | 84.8 | 18 |
| Rice | 6.8 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 10 |
| Wheat | 11.8 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 5.3 | 41 |

## Meŋ Naŋ Kaa Kyɛ

* Brukina – a Gaana poɔ daaŋ yuori la lɛ
* Fura (food)
* List of ancient dishes and foods
* List of insect pests of millets

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## Sommo Mine

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* Types of Millets and Names in Different Language