Millet Cultivation For Food Security In Nepal

Finger millet (Eleusine coracana) is the main millet crop cultivated in Nepal over 267,071 hectares of farmland, with a production of 339,462 metric tons. Other millets cultivated in Nepal are Proso millet (Panicum miliaceum), which is called Chino; Foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Kaguno; Pearl millet (Penniestum typhoides); Bajara; Sorghum bicolor; and Junelo, of which production statistics are not available. Barnyard millet (Echinochola frumentacea), Sawa, and Kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum) are cultivated in nominal areas and treated as weeds in other large areas.