Cereal Crops: Rice, Maize, Millet, Sorghum, Wheat Cereal Crops Prepared by: Dr Harold Macauley, Director General of Africa Rice Co-conveners:
Millets: 1 Bajra Geographical Conditions of Growth : It thrives in areas of warm, dry climate. ... 2 Jowar Geographical Conditions of Growth : It is a rainfed crop mostly grown in moist areas which hardly needs irrigation. ... 3 Ragi Ragi is very rich in iron, calcium, other micro-nutrients and roughage. ...
Sorghum is the second most important cereal after maize with 22% of total cereal area. Pearl millet is a climate hardy crop which is grown in harsh conditions, but as a subsistence crop. Harvested from an area of 20 m ha in the semi-arid regions of Africa pearl millet contributes 19% area to cereal production.
Crops that feed the world 7: rice. Food Security4 (1), 7-24. 35. Seck, P.A., Toure, A. A., Coulibaly, J. Y., Diagne. A. and Wopereis, M. C. S. (2013). Impact of rice research on income, poverty and food security in Africa: an ex-ante analysis.