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UN eyes revival of millets as global grain uncertainty grows

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The U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization has christen 2023 as 'The Year of Millets' Millets have been cultivated for millennia but were largely elbowed aside by European colonists. The designation is timely: Last year, drought swept across much of eastern Africa.

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The Independent

UN eyes revival of millets as global grain uncertainty grows

With concerns about war, drought and the environment raising new worries about food supplies, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization has christened 2023 as the “Year of Millets” — grains that have been cultivated in all corners of the globe for millennia but have been largely pushed aside

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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UN eyes revival of millets as global grain uncertainty grows

With concerns about war, drought and the environment raising new worries about food supplies, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization has christened 2023 as the “Year of Millets” — grains

1 year ago·United States

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UN eyes revival of millets as global grain uncertainty grows

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The Washington Post

UN eyes revival of millets as global grain uncertainty grows

With concerns about war, drought and the environment raising new worries about food supplies, the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization has christened 2023 as the “Year of Millets” — grains that have been cultivated in all corners of the globe for millennia but have been largely pushed aside

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UN eyes revival of millets as global grain uncertainty grows

By FARAI MUTSAKA and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press RUSHINGA, Zimbabwe (AP) — While others in her Zimbabwean village agonize over a maize crop seemingly headed for failure, Jestina Nyamukunguvengu picks up a hoe and slices through the soil of her fields that are lush green with a pearl millet crop in the African country’s arid Rushinga district. “These crops don’t get affected by drought, they are quick to flower, and that’s the only way we can b…

1 year ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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