Crops Gallery
ICRISAT's crop mandate includes three
cereals: sorghum, pearl millet, and finger millet - and three legumes: chickpea,
pigeonpea, and groundnut. Through natural selection and eons of cultivation by farmers
these crops have become adapted to the semi-arid tropics.
 Pearl millet
- probably the world's hardiest crop, it is the food staple in the driest parts of the
semi-arid tropics.
Sorghum
- cultivated throughout the semi-arid tropics, sorghum is a major source of both food and
fodder.
Finger millet
- a favored cereal in Africa and an important beverage in the Himalayan region.
Groundnut
- also known as peanut, grows in a range of climates and conditions. It is consumed as
food and edible oil, and used as fodder.
Chickpea
- a traditional source of protein for people in Asia and northern Africa, its importance
is increasing in Europe, the Americas, and Oceania.
Pigeonpea
- a staple food for South Asians for millenia, it is fast becoming an important legume in
Africa. |
