Bringing back our ancient grains; bajra, ragi, kutki
Read full article by Steena Joy@ Yahoo Lifestyle Photo Credit: Yahoo Lifestyle Ancient grains are a group of grains and pseudocereals (seeds that are consumed like grains) that have remained mostly unchanged for thousands of years. These grains that included pearl...
Using Traditional and Indigenous Food Resources to Combat Years of Successive Drought
Read full article By Busani Bafana @ Inter Press Service Photo Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Oct 27 2020 (IPS) – For Zimbabwean farmer Sinikiwe Sibanda, planting more sorghum and millet than maize has paid off. As the coronavirus pandemic has led...
AFRICA: millet and sorghum, the cereals most resistant to climate change
Read full article By Boris Ngounou @ Afrik21 Photo Credit: Afrik21 Will the climate resilience of African agriculture be achieved through the cultivation of millet and sorghum? Produced mainly in Africa, these two cereals have a record capacity to withstand heat...
