FAO poses the question, "what are #millets exactly?" Do look at the page they link to in their post, but in the meantime, here is more to help demystify this category:
1) Millets are about 20 species of small round-grained crops. Botanically, this group is diverse, crossing 12 genera, 5 "tribes," and 2 sub-families of the grass family - Poaceae. That's the same botanical family in which cereal grains like wheat, corn, and rice are also found.
2) A small gallery of images of 8 grains surnamed "millet," including plants, grains, and products made with them, gives an idea of their diversity: https://lnkd.in/gSDUXRwj
3) See in comments to FAO's post, mention of the "millets triangle" graphic, an "at-a-glance" arrangement of the various millet names they mention.
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North American Millets Alliance (NAMA)
2023 has been designated the #YearofMillets by the UN!
But what are millets exactly?
For starters, millets include pearl, proso, foxtail, barnyard, little, kodo, browntop, finger, guinea, fonio, sorghum & teff among others.
Find out more about millets here 👉 bit.ly/3FgU3Zp
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