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    Fonio, also sometimes called findi or acha, is the term for two cultivated grasses in the genus Digitaria that are important crops in parts of West Africa...
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    Digitaria exilis (redirect from White fonio)
    areas of Africa, such as The Gambia, with English common names white fonio, fonio millet, and hungry rice or acha rice, is a grass species. It is the most...
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  • Fonio (born 7 May 1998) is an Italian tennis player. He took his first steps in tennis at the age of 5, at the Piazzano tennis club in Novara. Fonio has...
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    Digitaria iburua (redirect from Black fonio)
    is cultivated as a grain crop known as black fonio. Iburu (D. iburua) is closely related to white fonio (D. exilis), a cereal that is more widely grown...
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  • The fonio husking machine was invented by Sanoussi Diakité, a Senegalese mechanical engineer. Diakité was awarded the Rolex Award in 1996 for the invention...
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    temperate regions as well. Common names include crabgrass, finger-grass, and fonio. They are slender monocotyledonous annual and perennial lawn, pasture, and...
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  • Foods. Yolélé, founded in 2017, is a food company that is centered on the Fonio, an ancient African super-grain. In addition, since 2015, Thiam has served...
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    crops Digitaria exilis: known as white fonio, fonio millet, and hungry rice or acha rice Digitaria iburua: Black fonio Digitaria compacta: Raishan, cultivated...
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    in northeast India Digitaria exilis, white fonio, used as a crop in West Africa Digitaria iburua, black fonio, used as a crop in West Africa "Digitaria...
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  • They are mainly subsistence farmers growing for self consumption, with fonio being a crop of large importance both to combat climate change and for cultural...
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