Snapshot

Coarse cereals are a broad sub-group of several short-duration warm weathers (Kharif) crops such as Jowar (Sorghum), Bajra (Pearl Millet), Maize, Ragi (Finger Millet) etc. Coarse Cereals-the staple diet of millions of peasants and labourers-are no less nutritive than the superior cereals, rice and wheat; pulses are even richer. They are used in food, fodder, fuel; value-added products and also fast food products. In spite of their 'inferior good' status and lower prices, coarse cereals-except small millets-have fared better than pulses in the growth of production and yields.