relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/11713/
title: Why invest in Research & Development for sorghum and millets? The business case for East and Southern Africa
creator: Orr, A
creator: Schipmann-Schwarze, C
creator: Gierend, A
creator: Nedumaran, S
creator: Mwema, C
creator: Muange, E
creator: Manyasa, E
creator: Ojulong, H
subject: Millets
subject: Sorghum
subject: Africa
subject: Southern Africa
subject: East Africa
description: 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.
publisher: Elsevier
date: 2020-11
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/11713/1/Why%20invest%20in%20reserach-%20Alastair%202020.pdf
identifier:   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     
relation: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100458
relation: doi:10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100458