Why invest in Research & Development for sorghum and millets? The business case for East and Southern Africa

Orr, A and Schipmann-Schwarze, C and Gierend, A and Nedumaran, S and Mwema, C and Muange, E and Manyasa, E and Ojulong, H (2020) Why invest in Research & Development for sorghum and millets? The business case for East and Southern Africa. Global Food Security (TSI), 26. pp. 1-11. ISSN 2211-9124

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Abstract

This article synthesizes recent research by ICRISAT and its partners to analyse the business case for sorghum and millets in ESA and the wider strategy of commercialization on which this is based. The business case is stronger for sorghum because of its greater impact on poverty and food security, but millets are better suited to a strategy of commercialization. Commercial demand for millets is primarily driven by specialty markets for flour while that for sorghum is limited to beer. Demand for improved varieties is driven primarily by the need for early – maturity that shortens the hungry period. Future growth in production depends on increased opportunities for inter-regional trade.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Research Program : East & Southern Africa Research Program : Innovation Systems for the Drylands (ISD)
CRP:	CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Sorghum, Millets, Africa, Commercialization
Subjects:	Mandate crops > Millets Mandate crops > Sorghum Others > Africa Others > Southern Africa Others > East Africa
Depositing User:	Mr Arun S
Date Deposited:	26 Feb 2021 16:25
Last Modified:	26 Feb 2021 16:25
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/11713
Official URL:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100458
Projects:	UNSPECIFIED
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Acknowledgement:	This work was undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC) led by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). Funding support for this study was from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Cereals. The views expressed here are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the organisations with which they are affiliated. The authors are grateful to the editor and an anonymous reviewer for helpful comments.
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