Finger millet

Abstract

Finger millet, Eleusine coracana Gaertn L., is a cereal grown for food in Africa and Southern Asia, mainly India (the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bilhar, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh) and Nepal. In Africa, the crop is principally grown in the eastern regions, mainlyin Uganda,Kenya, and Tanzania and, to alesser extent, in Ethiopia, Rwanda, Malawi, Sudan, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.