Dear all, I have read the thread regarding Japanese millet and use of millets in Japan with much interest. I am not an expert on the subject but recently I have done some looking around and my understanding was that Japan mostly abandoned millets production during the Edo period (1603-1867) when the shogun used rice as the means for "tax payment" and basically forced the country to produce rice. Tomorrow we will have a webinar on the historical aspects of millets where Prof. Mikio Kimata, who is an expert on millets will be speaking about the history and use of millets in Japan. I hope many of you would be able to attend. FYI we are establishing a global millets community. It is on the Dgroups platform. I hope you can take part in that group also. Please go to https://dgroups.org/fao/millets If you have never been part of a Dgroup community, you will have to register. Best regards Makiko Taguchi Agricultural Officer Plant Production and Protection Division (NSP)<http://www.fao.org/agriculture/plant-production-and-protection/en/#_blank> Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy Email: makiko.taguchi@fao.org Web: https://www.fao.org/plant-production-protection/en [cid:image003.png@01D9B308.544BE2F0]
