Read the following text and select the most reliable conclusion: Domestication of sorghum, pearl and finger millets started in Africa some 5000-6000 years ago while kodo, little and barnyard millets originated here and are called the heritage crops of India. When compared to C3 crops like wheat and rice, over these millennia millet physiology evolved to become climate resilient, covering biotic and abiotic stress. Millets belong to the group of plants termed 'C4' crops that have evolved independently 500 times. Their mesophyll cells and bundle sheath cells make them photosynthetically efficient. They don't have any photo-respiratory loss. Millets don't require much fertiliser or rainfall; one or two irrigations are enough for them. Evolution also added to their pollen fertility and reproductive structure, the ability to withstand high temperatures, and they have a mechanis m called rapid drought escape. As soon as they sense the possibility of drought, they quicken their life cycle giving better yield compared to C3 crops. Travelling successfully through time, millets have innate nutritional qualities.

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Considering the given characteristics of millet crops, increasing their production will cause less pollution, allow farmers to grow them with less investment, and support food security due to their high nutritional value.

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It is not possible to decrease production of wheat and rice as they are produced as cash crops.

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Unless people are ready to add millets to their food and develop a taste for them, increasing millet production commercially will not be profitable.

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Gluten in wheat is useful for making tasty food enjoyed by a large population, and because eating habits are difficult to change, increasing millet production will fail commercially.

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