I did catch most of this webinar, so first wanted to thank its organizers and presenters. The video of this webinar is available at https://youtu.be/z-WDDLe7UMw?si=CgnB3BrSYU_zCLUF I was particularly interested in discussion of enhancing shelf life of pearl millet by Dr, B. Dayakar Rao (first presentation, but from about 18 min. into the webinar). Personally I've bought pearl millet flour, grits, and idli rava at various times over the last few years - all imported from India under various labels - and have never had any issues with the quality of the products. But I have no idea what treatments may have been done on these products, which even under optimal conditions would be weeks from from harvest through processing and packaging, and then through the steps of international transport and distribution to shelves and ultimately kitchens. On this list, there has been discussion of issues around dehulling of proso millet in particular, and in the NAMA/Missouri Millets Webinar last May on millets processing, there was discussion of other aspects of processing (see https://youtu.be/ZOcCy9IqQmU ).However, this subject can get quite complex. DO, EL, MI, US NAMA On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 1:06 AM Don Osborn <don@milletsalliance.org> wrote:

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

Don Osborn, PhD (East Lansing, MI, US) North American Millets Alliance

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

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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*. <https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tTcvxuSyQASHhpR4uDVUhw>

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