Millets contain high amount of carbohydrates like other cereals. So, can we consider it as cereals?It also reduce green house gas emission by converting more carbon dioxide into oxygen.
Foxtail millets (Setaria italica) are indeed a grain rather than an oilseed, although foxtail oil content has significant variations, perhaps by variety. Oil content can be as high as 9.3 to 12.5%. See table 4 in Article Effect of Foliar Spray Application of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticl...
, or as low as 4.6-4.9%--see table 1 in
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. Perhaps the main environmental impact of foxtail millets is their drought tolerance (water use efficiency). See
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