| Paddy is the crops and the other crops grown are blackgram, banana, coconut, gingelly, ragi, red gram, green gram, sugarcane and maize. |
| The poor were bearing the brunt of this policy as production of coarse and cheaper grains like ragi and corn had shrunk, making them dependent on the more expensive rice. |
| The farmers in the village grew ragi, cow pea, pigeon pea, green gram, jowar, horse gram and sesame. |
| The entire area has been solar-fenced, each family issued with leased land in which they cultivate ragi, beans and vegetables. |
| Many doctors tell a diabetic not to eat rice and eat only wheat or ragi. |
| Those ubiquitous south Indian dishes could be made more appetising and delicious if ragi and green gram were used as the main ingredients. |
