INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -The geographical location of India, especially the peninsular and western parts is much appropriate for the production of millets because these parts mainly contained rain shadow regions apart from Haryana and Punjab.

Detailed explanation-2: -The most extensively cultivated millet is pearl millet. Large stems, leaves, and heads characterize this summer cereal grass. Bajra is a type of millet and is one of the most cultivated crops in India. It is a short-duration crop and can be grown in both rain fed and irrigated conditions.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sorghum (Jowar), Pearl Millet (Bajra), Finger Millet (Ragi/Mandua), Minor Millets i.e. Foxtail Millet (Kangani/Kakun), Proso Millet (Cheena), Kodo Millet (Kodo), Barnyard Millet (Sawa/Sanwa/ Jhangora), Little Millet (Kutki) and two Pseudo Millets (Buck-wheat (Kuttu) and Ameranthus (Chaulai).

Detailed explanation-4: -Cultivation. Pearl millet is one of the two major crops in the semiarid, impoverished, less fertile agriculture regions of Africa and southeast Asia. Millets are not only adapted to poor, dry infertile soils, but they are also more reliable under these conditions than most other grain crops.

Detailed explanation-5: -Millets are grown in about 21 states in the country including Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Haryana.