Rohrbach, D D and Mgoba, C and Tenu, A J H (2002) Potential use of sorghum in school feeding programs. International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter, 43. pp. 11-12.
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Abstract
To encourage the cultivation of sorghum, which is more drought tolerant than maize, it is desirable to replace a portion of the maize used in school feeding programmes with sorghum. The immediate constraint was the acceptability of sorghum among school children. A set of sensory taste trials were established to evaluate the acceptability of sorghum in breakfast porridge (uji) and stiff porridge (ugali) used for lunches at three schools in Tanzania. A sample of 106 children participated in the trials. Each received uji made from both dehulled and hulled grain. On a different day each received ugali made from both dehulled and hulled grain. Almost 98% of children found the sorghum acceptable as a replacement for maize in breakfast and lunch meals. It is hoped to substitute 10% of the maize used in the school feeding programme with sorghum rising to 50% in the next years.
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| Subjects: | Mandate crops > Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Library ICRISAT |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Sep 2011 08:37 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Sep 2011 08:37 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/1614 |
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