A cereal grain, Pennisetum glaucum, the most widely cultivated species of millet, domesticated in the Sahel region of West Africa, in the area of modern Mali and Mauritania, roughly four thousand years ago. Pearl millet is exceptionally tolerant of heat, drought and poor, sandy soils, making it a staple crop across the semi-arid regions of Sub-Saharan Africa and, following its spread to South Asia in ancient times, of India, where it is known as bajra and remains a major food grain, particularly in the drier states of the northwest.
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Pearl millet is one of ICRISAT's five original mandate crops for the semi-arid tropics.
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Pearl millet (Cenchrus americanus, commonly known as the synonym Pennisetum glaucum) is the most widely grown type of millet.
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Pearl millet is exceptionally tolerant of heat, drought and poor, sandy soils, making it a staple crop across the semi-arid regions of Sub-Saharan Africa and, following its spread to South Asia in ancient times, of India, where it is known as bajra and remains a major food grain, particularly in the drier states of the northwest.
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Recent archaeobotanical research has confirmed the presence of domesticated pearl millet on the Sahel zone of northern Mali between 2500 and 2000 BCE.
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