Grains & Cereals· Digitaria exilis
Fonio is one of Africa's oldest cultivated cereals, grown across the Sahel and West African savanna regions. It is extremely fast-maturing, drought-tolerant, and thrives on poor sandy soils where other cereals fail. Often called 'hungry rice,' it is a crucial food security crop.
Beste Bodenarten: sandy, sandy loam, laterite
pH-Bereich: 4.5 - 6.5 (optimal: 5.5)
Drainage: good
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Fonio matures in as few as 60-70 days, making it ideal as a catch crop in short rainy seasons or between other cereals.
Post-harvest processing is the main bottleneck. Invest in mechanical dehullers to reduce the labor-intensive manual husking.
Fonio is well-suited to nutrient-poor, acidic soils and requires minimal inputs, making it ideal for low-cost production systems.
Fonio typically takes 70 days from planting to harvest. Seeds germinate in about 3 days. The best planting season is early summer.
Fonio grows best in sandy, sandy loam, laterite soil with a pH of 4.5-6.5. Good drainage is required.
Fonio grows best at 25-35°C. Frost tolerance: none. Heat tolerance: high.
Fonio yields approximately 800 kg/hectare under good conditions.
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