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Table 8. Principal uses and percentage of pearl millet grain consumed on and off farms in some African countries and the
USA.
Grain consumed (%)
Country
Principal uses (rank order)
On farm
Off farm
Africa
Botswana
Grain (human food); Fodder (stover)
Almost all
Cote d'lvoire
Grain (human food); Building material; Grain (livestock feed)
40
60
Gambia
Grain (human food); Building material; Grain (livestock feed); Fodder (stover)
90
10
Ghana
Grain (human food); Building material; Fodder (stover); Grain (livestock feed)
90
10
Kenya
Grain (human food); Fodder (stover); Building material
5
90
Malawi
Grain (human food); Grain (livestock feed); Building material; Fodder (stover)
85-95
5-15
Niger
Grain (human food); Fodder (stover); Building material; Grain (livestock feed)
90
10
Senegal
Grain (human food); Grain (livestock feed); Fodder (stover)
90
10
Sudan
Grain (human food); Building material; Fodder (stover); Grain (livestock feed)
60
40
Zambia
Grain (human food); Grain (brewing); Building material
99
1
Zimbabwe
Grain (human food); Grain (livestock feed); Building material; Fodder (stover)
80
20
USA
Fodder
-
-
Table 9. Government price support (Rs kg -1 ) 1 , price at harvest, and percentage of production sold through government
and private channels in some Indian states.
Indian state
Govt. price
support
(Rs kg -1 )
in 1985
Price (Rs)
per kg at
harvest
in 1985
Production (%) sold through
Government Private
channels channels
Andhra Pradesh
Gujarat
Haryana
Karnataka
Madhya Pradesh
Punjab
Tamil Nadu
Uttar Pradesh
1.30
-
1.30
-
1.34
1.35
-
1.30
1.00±0.10
2.25
1.65
1.70
1.50
1.54
1.35
1.40
Nil
-
Nil
10
Nil
-
Nil
Nil
100
Majority
100
90
100
Majority
100
100
1. Rs. 12.00 = US$21.00
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