: an Old World cereal grass (Eleusine coracana) yielding a staple food crop especially in India and Africa
also
: the seeds of ragi used for food
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Manohara, 22, is now continuing his studies as a first-year master of commerce student in Bengaluru and was also involved in the sowing of the ragi (finger millet) crop in his village in the run-up to Shanghai.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 June 2024
The agricultural department organised programmes to educate chefs about the nutritional and traditional value of the millet while encouraging reluctant farmers to build a multi-cropping system centred around ragi.
—Raghav Simha, Quartz India, 17 Feb. 2021
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 June 2024
The agricultural department organised programmes to educate chefs about the nutritional and traditional value of the millet while encouraging reluctant farmers to build a multi-cropping system centred around ragi.
—Raghav Simha, Quartz India, 17 Feb. 2021
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“Ragi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ragi. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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