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• As every kind of millet, barnyard millet is an appropriate food for patients intolerant to gluten causing celiac disease. Seeds of the crop are nutritious. Barnyard millet can produce ripe grain in 45 days from the sowing time under optimal weather conditions. Barnyard millet does not suffer from major fungal disease and is valuable fodder plant.
• Nutritionally too, Barnyard millet is an important crop. It is a fair source of protein,which is highly digestible and is an excellent source of dietary fibre with good amounts of soluble and insoluble fractions. The carbohydrate content is low and slowly digestible, which makes the Barnyard millet a nature’s gift for the modern mankind who is engaged in sedentary activities.