Formosa News Millet was once a staple of Taiwanese agriculture. In the 1970s, many diverse millet varieties from Taiwan were conserved in the United States National Plant Germplasm System. In 2011, Taiwanese researcher Kuo Hua-jen repatriated these varieties back to Taiwan, dispersing them to the Council of Agriculture Seed Research Center and to the Indigenous communities that once grew them. The ongoing challenge is to create value for millet in the market, incentivizing the survival and continued use of this crop.
Diverse millet seeds are brought home to Taiwan after 30 years
