Consider the following statements about millets 1 Millets are small seeded grasses 2 Mill...........

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Consider the following statements about millets:

1. Millets are small seeded grasses.

2. Millets have high nutritious value but increase glycemic levels.

3. Millets are water guzzling crops.

Select the correct options

1 only

1, 2 and 3

1 and 2

None of the above.

Millets are a group of highly variable small-seeded grasses, widely grown around the world as cereal crops or grains for fodder and human food.
Millets are important crops in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, with 97% of millet production in developing countries.
Millets have low glycemic index and therefore aid diabetic people.
Millets are also water saving crops as they require comparitvely lesser water.