The cultivation of Proso millet

in #food7 years ago

Bangladesh: Main food and cultivation

Bangladesh is a rice loving country. Almost all over the country the principal foodgrain remains to be rice. A small proportion of land is dedicated to the cultivation of wheat and other cereals like maize.

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Alternative Cereals

In some parts of northern Bangladesh a kind of food grains are cultivated. - Proso millet or commonly known as CHEENA.

I have come across a field of this cultivation recently

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Proso millet is known as the crop needs the least supply of water.

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