millets
- plural of millet.
Example Sentences
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"So far, we have learnt that the people of Keeladi were involved in agriculture, trade and cattle-rearing. They kept deer, goats and wild pigs and ate lots of rice and millets," says Prof Kumaresan.
From BBC • Aug. 23, 2025
Corn farmers across the Midwest are experimenting with drought-resistant millets, while growers in Sub-Saharan Africa are embracing varieties of sorghum and legumes that require less water than other grains.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2025
Over centuries, millets have been cultivated around the world — including in Japan, Europe, the Americas and Australia — but their epicenter has traditionally been India, China and sub-Saharan Africa.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2023
Millet has come into fashion as a healthy alternative to wheat or rice after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization named 2023 as the International Year of millets.
From Reuters • Sep. 9, 2023
China had developed intensive agriculture based on millets in the north and rice in the south, and with domestic pigs, chickens, and water buffalo.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
