Why is there so little millet cultivation in South India?

Millets, do played a larger role in olden civilizations, by then, around 6000 BCE, it was the major cultivated crop in the semi-arid regions and the warm regions like the places on the equatorial belt. read more

There are many types of millets which are available for the cultivation, where in India, 6 major millets are grown. In that, the one you mentioned"Thinai" is commonly known as"Italian Millet" which the second most grown millet variety after"Cumbu"(in Tamil) or"Pearl Millet"(Hallur excavation shows it was been in the practice of cultivation from 1500 BCE in South India), which also famous and most cultivated once. read more

In case of millets ( there are numerous type of millets) each type of millet need to undergo a different type of processing. It is not yet reached to the level of consumption that Rice or Wheat has, so distributing channels are not yet optimised that leads to more cost. read more

Ripe Finger millet or Ragi grow in a field of Karnataka. Karnataka is the leading producer of ragi with 53.94 per cent of the total area and 53.36 per cent of the total production of the crop in the country. Here Kolar, Bangalore, Chitradurga, Tumkur. read more