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FINGER MILLET OR TAMBA(WHOLE)GRAINS[ELEUSINE CORACANA]

Listing description Finger millet or Latin   Eleusine coracana   is an   annual herbaceous plant   widely grown as a   cereal   crop in the   arid   and   semiard   areas in   Africa   and   Asia . It is a   tetraploid   and   self-pollinating   species probably evolved from its wild relative   Eleusine africana . Detailed description Finger millet is native to the   Ethiopian   and Ugandan highlands. [3]   Interesting crop characterists of finger millet are the ability to withstand cultivation on altitudes over 2000 meters above sea level, its favorable micronutrient contents (high iron and   methionine   content in particular), its high draught tolerance and a very long storage time of the grains. Storage Once harvested, the   seeds   keep extremely well and are seldom attacked by   insects   or   moulds . Finger millet can be kept for up to 10 years when it is unthreshed. Some sources report a storage duration up to 50 years under good storage conditions. [2]   The lo
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