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Key Points
- Coarse grains are a vast subset of various short-season warm-weather (Kharif) crops such as Jowar (Sorghum), Bajra (Pearl Millet), Maize, Ragi (Finger Millet), and others.
- With its diverse agricultural endowments in terms of soil, rainfall, and climate, India has an abundance of crop diversification.
- Because coarse grains have various drought tolerance properties, they are commonly grown in drought prone locations to provide food for human consumption, feed & fodder for animals and poultry, fuel, and industrial purposes.
- It helps to generate employment in low rainfall locations where other alternative crops are limited during drought circumstances.
- As a reliable source of revenue, these coarse cereals play a more important role in crisis situations.
Additional Information
- Because of their high protein, vitamins and minerals like iron content, and calcium and magnesium content, coarse grains are more cost-effective and nutritionally superior to wheat and rice.
- Coarse grains help protect against nutritional deficit, particularly in children and women. Its high iron content can help combat the high frequency of anemia in Indian reproductive-age women and newborns.
- Antioxidants are abundant in coarse grains.
- Coarse grains can also help with lifestyle and health issues including obesity and diabetes.
- Coarse grains are resistant to global climate change and can flourish in poor soils.
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