?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F11250%2F&rft.title=Handbook+on+business+and+entrepreneurship+development+for+sorghum+value+chain&rft.creator=Ajeigbe%2C+H+A&rft.creator=Inuwa%2C+A+H&rft.creator=Barnabas%2C+O&rft.creator=Alege%2C+A&rft.subject=Smart+Foods&rft.subject=Nigeria&rft.subject=Sorghum&rft.subject=African+Agriculture&rft.subject=Africa&rft.subject=Value+Chains&rft.description=Agriculture+plays+an+important+role+in+the+livelihood+of+many+Nigerian%2C+contributing+about+45+percent+of+the+GDP%2C+employing+about+two-third+of+the+labour+force+and+also+contributes+significantly+to+the+agro-allied+industries.+Sorghum+is+an+important+cereal+crop+that+is+grown+in+all+the+northern+and+some+parts+of+south+western+states+of+Nigeria.+It+plays+a+vital+role+in+the+diets+and+economies+of+people+in+Nigeria.+The+average+per+capita+annual+sorghum+consumption+in+its+major+growing+areas+for+morethan+ten+years+is+foot+at+40kg.+.Global+prices+for+agricultural+commodities+have+risen+dramatically+in+recent+years%2C+making+agriculture+an+attractive+investment+once+again.+Industrial+demand+for+sorghum+as+substitute+for+wheat+in+the+production+of+composite+flour+and+high+energy+foods+by+flour+mills+and+malting+industries+for+beverages+coupled+with+its+micronutrient+potential+for+Iron+(Fe)+and+Zinc+(Zn)+as+health+food+makes+it+a+competitive+crop.&rft.publisher=ICRISAT&rft.date=2019&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F11250%2F1%2FBusiness_Planning_Training%2520Manual_Final%2520ICRISAT.pdf&rft.identifier=++Ajeigbe%2C+H+A+and+Inuwa%2C+A+H+and+Barnabas%2C+O+and+Alege%2C+A++(2019)+Handbook+on+business+and+entrepreneurship+development+for+sorghum+value+chain.++Manual.+ICRISAT.+++++