Than you, Marion, for letting us know. This sounds like an interesting topic. 4 pm East Africa time would be 8 am EST (Sept. 5.).

I don’t know much about pearl millet rancidity other than that it can be a problem with flour of the grain.

On what is probably a different issue, some people introduced to locally grown pearl millet in Togo when I was there in the early 1980s, found it to be bitter. I read somewhere (but can’t locate the article now) that harvesting methods in more humid areas of West Africa may lead to a more bitter taste. This may not be related to the rancidity issue, however. But perhaps there are some similar elements of the grain involved?

In any event, this was not an issue I heard about later in Mali.

All the best,

Don

On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 10:34 PM ALUOCH, Marion (CIMMYT-Kenya) via Collab <collab@lists.millets2023.space> wrote:

Dear Colleague,

Join us today on our webinar on Millet processing and progress on understanding pearl millet rancidity from 4:00-5:00 pm East Africa Time.

If you have not yet registered, please register here: Millet processing and progress on understanding pearl millet rancidity.

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