Fonio

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Fonio Fonio and black fonio are African grasses distantly related to maize and sorghum.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
Fonio Fonio and black fonio are African grasses distantly related to maize and sorghum.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
Fonio is the staple of many people in the Plateau State of Nigeria and the Fouta Djallon plateau of Guinea, both areas with altitudes of about 1,000 m.

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Fonio is considered a prestige food in local culinary customs.

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Fonio (Digitaria exilis and Digitaria iburua) is probably the oldest African cereal.

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Fonio is mainly a plant of the savannas and is probably ill adapted to lowland humid zones.

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(Fonio, after all, is seldom if ever grown under optimum conditions.)

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Fonio is also one of the most nutritious of all grains.

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Fonio thus serves as an insurance against total crop failure.

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Fonio grain is digested efficiently by cattle, sheep, goats, donkeys, and other ruminant livestock.

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