# Minor cereals offer major promise for organic farming | News | CORDIS | European Commission

> The HEALTHYMINORCEREALS project promotes minor cereals such as rye, oats, spelt, einkorn and emmer for organic and healthy food markets. The article says these crops grow well on poor soils with low inputs. Wheat, barley and maize make up over 85% of EU cereal output.

- Date: 2018-04-20 · published 2018-04-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65558-minor-cereals-offer-major-promise-for-organic-farming-news-cordis-european
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Growing consumer interest in minor cereals is a long-term niche demand factor and has little immediate price impact on feed grains.

## Sources

- cordis.europa.eu: https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/123266-minor-cereals-offer-major-promise-for-organic-farming

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