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Commande minimale:
200 Kilogram
Packaging Detail:
Stand Up Pouch
Delivery Time:
20-30 Days
Supplying Ability:
2 Metric Ton per Week
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Our fonio grains are de-husked, thoroughly hand washed &
naturally dried to preserve the most authentic & premium
quality fonio. Fonio is a preeminent African superfood that is
harvested in the savannas of West Africa. This millet grain is
little-known outside of Africa but, like quinoa, the grains are
used in porridge and as couscous but is known to be much healthier
choice. Fonio is one of the most nutritious of all grains.
Fonio is an annual tropical grass grown in West Africa for its tiny
and husked seeds. In this region, fonio grain plays a major role in
food security, preventing food shortages as it ripens outstandingly
faster than other crops and can be harvested one month before other
cereals like maize or millet. An important trait of fonio is its
resistance to drought and its adaptation to climate change. Fonio
crop residues like straw and chaff are used as fodder and are often
sold in markets for this purpose.
Fonio is one of the oldest indigenous cereal of West Africa and its
cultivation dates back to ***0 BCE. The main domestication centre
of fonio was reported to be the central delta of the River Niger.
In the *4th century, in "Voyage to Sudan", Berber explorer Ibn
Battûta reported a couscous prepared with "foûni", a grain "which
is like mustard seed". In the *9th century, French explorer Ren
Caill describes fonio as a small grass species and staple food used
to prepare the gruel "tau". In the early *0th century it was
reported to grow fast and prevent food shortages.
Fonio is cultivated in West Africa between the 8 and *4°N from the
Senegal to Lake Chad. Eastwards it is replaced by the finger millet
(Eleusine coracana). Fonio is widely cultivated in Mali, Burkina
Faso, Ivory Cost, Nigeria, Benin, and Senegal. In Guinea, it is a
staple food in the mountainous regions of Fouta-Djalon. Outside
Africa, fonio was introduced in the *5th century in the Dominican
Republic where it is valued for its resistance to drought.
Fonio can grow in tropical climate in lowlands where annual
rainfall is between **0 and ***0 mm with a marked dry season, and
average temperatures ranging from *5 to *0°C. At higher altitudes,
in the mountains of Fouta-Djalon at up to ***0 m altitude, fonio is
grown where annual rainfall is between ***0 and ***0 mm and
temperatures are cooler (*5 to *5 °C during the growing season).
Fonio grows in most soils: sandy, loamy, stony and shallow, and
even on very poor and infertile soils. It can grow on steep slopes
and in wetter areas, commonly along rivers; Only very clayey
soils are less suitable for fonio cultivation. Fonio can grow on
acidic soils with high aluminium content that are lethal to other
crops.
