Trends in Global Sorghum Production: Perspectives and Limitations

Kumara Charyulu, D and Afari-Sefa, V and Gumma, M K (2024) Trends in Global Sorghum Production: Perspectives and Limitations. In: Omics and Biotechnological Approaches for Product Profile-Driven Sorghum Improvement. Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0), 1 (1). Springer, Singapore, pp. 1-19. ISBN 978-981-97-4346-9

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Abstract

Sorghum acts as a staple food for millions of people living in about 30 countries in the subtropical and semi-arid regions of Africa and Asia. Though sorghum cultivation is reported from more than 110 countries (FAOSTAT, https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#home, 2023), only ten countries have more than one million ha area under sorghum, which together contribute to more than 68% of the world’s total sorghum production. The global sorghum cropped area has declined marginally (39.9 m ha) during the last decade from 41.79 million ha in 2011–2013. However, global production was more stable during the past one-decade period. This might have been possible because of enhancement in sorghum productivity across different regions. Africa region is the largest producer of sorghum (46% of global sorghum) followed by Americas region (35%). Out of the global production, about 47.5% is used for food, while another 34.7% is used for feed. The non-food, seed, and processing use together consume about 10.5% of the total production. World trade in sorghum is strongly linked to demand for livestock products, which is dominated by feed requirements and prices etc. Although most of the sorghum continues to be consumed in the countries where it is produced, despite several opportunities for expansion of sorghum globally, there are an equal number of challenges threatening it.

Item Type: Book Section
Divisions: Global Research Program - Enabling Systems Transformation
Global Research Program - Resilient Farm and Food Systems
CRP: UNSPECIFIED
Series Name: Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Agriculture, Genetics and Genomics, sorghum, sorghum production
Subjects: Others > Data & Analytics
Mandate crops > Sorghum
Others > Statistics
Depositing User: Mr Nagaraju T
Date Deposited: 19 Nov 2024 05:41
Last Modified: 19 Nov 2024 05:41
URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/12864
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