Millets like jowar (sorghum), bajra (pearl millets) and ragi (finger millets), are also called coarse grains. They are kharif crops and are chiefly rain-fed crops, requiring hardly any irrigational facilities. Unlike rice, they grow in less rainy areas in the following order-ragi, (damp areas), jowar (moist areas), and bajra (dry areas). Ragi, which requires comparatively more rain, is grown more usually in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu; jowar in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, and Bajra in the drier parts of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and south-west Uttar Pradesh. India leads the world in production of millets. The region under these crops has not amplified. But the production of jowar and bajra has improved from 7 million tonnes to 19 million tonnes by 1996-97. Millets have protein content higher than both wheat and rice individually.