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Associations	Barley	Corn	Millets	Oats	Pearl Millet
Pests and Diseases	Rice	Rye	Sorghum	Triticale	Wheat

	Management of Grass Weeds in Winter Cereals URL: http://www.sac.ac.uk/mainrep/pdfs/tn609grassweedswinter.pdf ODP description: This technical notes outlines the problem and suggests management solutions through both husbandry and the use of herbicides.
	Tef: Post-harvest Operations URL: http://www.fao.org/inpho/content/compend/text/ch16_01.htm ODP description: Tef is a staple food crop in Ethiopia. This article provides information on harvesting, threshing, cleaning, packaging and storage. Page title: ch16_01
	GrainGenes: A Database for Small Grains and Sugarcane URL: http://wheat.pw.usda.gov/graingenes.html ODP description: GrainGenes is a compilation of molecular and phenotypic information on wheat, barley, oats, rye, and sugarcane. From the USDA.
	Oregon State University Cereals Extension Page URL: http://cropandsoil.oregonstate.edu/cereals/ ODP description: Provides information on production, research, markets, and current events.
	Syngenta Foundation For Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA) URL: http://www.syngentafoundation.com/projects_programs_precad_overview.htm ODP description: In Mali, this organisation is moving its focus from research into sorghum, cowpea and millet, to improving the livelihoods of local farmers through access to technologies and enterprise development. Page title: Our Programs: Precad Mali Overview - Syngenta Foundation For Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA) Page description: In Mali, Syngenta Foundation is working with the cinzana Agricultural Research Station to improve the production of important local crops such as millet, a local staple crop, as well as sorghum and cowpea. The approach includes improved seed breeding, new cropping practices and nutrition education programs.
	Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de MaÃz y Trigo URL: http://www.cimmyt.org ODP description: (CIMMYT) - Non profit organisation that researches sustainable development of wheat and maize farming. Page title: Welcome to CIMMYT
	The Rothamsted Research Association (RRA) URL: http://www.rothra.org/ ODP description: Links arable crop farmers to research scientists and the latest information on pests and diseases, particularly in cereals. (RRA was formerly known as ARIA.) Page title: Rothamsted Research Association
	Organic Small Grain Production URL: http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/PDF/smallgrain.pdf ODP description: This publication discusses how organic cultivation of these crops differs from standard practices, soil fertility, insect and disease management, weed management and marketing.
	Lost Crops of Africa: Volume I: Grains URL: http://www.nap.edu/books/0309049903/html/ ODP description: The online version of a book about the less-understood grains from Africa. It discusses African rice, finger millet, fonio, sorghum, and some other grains. Page title: Lost Crops of Africa:
	Alternative Wheat Cereals as Food Grains URL: http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1996/V3-156.html ODP description: Information on Einkorn, Emmer, Spelt, Kamut, and Triticale. Page title: Alternative Wheat Cereals as Food Grains: Einkorn, Emmer, Spelt, Kamut, and Triticale