Write short note on millet farming in India.
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Explanation:
Millets are a group of highly variable small-scale grasses that are widely cultivated around the world as cereal crops or food grains. Millets may have been consumed by humans for about 7,000 years and might have played a "pivotal role in the development of multi-farming and settled agricultural societies"
In India, millets are grown on about 15 million hectares, with 17 million tons of annual production, contributing 10 percent to the food grain basket of the state. Uttar Pradesh is India's largest producer millet, followed by Punjab, Haryana, and Madhya Pradesh. Millet is a warm seasonal crop, planted early in the summer when the soil has heated up. In Indiana, in about 60 to 70 days from planting, it reaches the stage of 50 percent flowering.