Millet is one of the plants that grow in the form of snavels and clusters similar to wheat, and spread these plants in the continents of Asia and Africa, and extracted from these plants grain or small spherical seeds: white, yellow and gray, the length of these plants between 0.3 m – 4.5 m, grain color and length due to the type of millet plant, it is known that there are many types of millet exceed the ten types.
Millet plants have many uses. They are an important source of food for many people, especially those living in Asia and Africa, such as India, China, Russia, Sudan, Niger and Nigeria. More than 300 million people around the world rely on millet. Edible grains, which are grinded to obtain the flour necessary for the production of millet bread, which is an alternative to wheat bread for the poor in the poor countries, where the news is called millet bread (poor bread), and also cook these grains as rice cooks, also made from millet: Cakes, porridge, millet grain are used leaves and stalks as animal feed, which is grown in the United States primarily for this purpose.
Millet is also classified according to the length of time required for maturity. Early maturity needs to reach the maturity stage of about two to three months, and the millet of late maturing needs even to mature from four to five months.
Globally, millet and cereal production is about 30 million tonnes per year, with Asia and Africa leading the vast majority of this production.
Millet contains many beneficial and healthy nutrients to the human body. It is rich in protein and fiber, fatty acids and amino acids useful for skin, iron, magnesium, vitamins B, C and E, and contains antioxidants beneficial to the cells of the body.