Tag: Finger millet
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A TALE OF TWO MARYS
Once upon a time a man married two Marys, which is something you can do in Kenya. The man passed away but his two wives, the Marys, lived on and prospered while growing finger millet. Finger millet is a traditional crop of Eastern Africa and once grew abundantly in the Western Kenya near the town of Kakamega. But in the 1990s farmers replaced it with maize. That was a pity as finger millet is incredibly nutritious, grows really well in these parts and can command about twice the price at market…
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JOY IN THE FINGER MILLET FIELD
Margaret, a progressive farmer in Kakamega County of western Kenya, suffers from diabetes. So she planted finger millet at a time when all of her neighbours planted maize. She likes the finger millet because it is high in nutritional content, is gluten free, and has a low GI. Magaret has been growing finger millet for more than a decade and reports that her diabetes is under control and she and her family are healthy thanks to regular consumption of finger millet. My colleague, Benjamin Kilian, and our finger millet pre-breeding partner,…
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UGALI AKA WIMBI
My colleague, Benjamin, and I travelled to Kenya to learn about finger millet and check up on some projects the Crop Trust is supporting. Neither of us had ever eaten finger millet so our hosts made sure we’d change that. Our hosts brought us to a small village called Ekero in Kakamega County which was supposedly famous for its barbecued goat. They ordered some goat and chicken as well as finger millet ugali. Ugali is a very stiff porridge which can be made of maize, sorghum or finger millet. You eat…
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