TY  - JOUR
AV  - public
A1  - Orr, A
A1  - Schipmann-Schwarze, C
A1  - Gierend, A
A1  - Nedumaran, S
A1  - Mwema, C
A1  - Muange, E
A1  - Manyasa, E
A1  - Ojulong, H
TI  - Why invest in Research & Development for sorghum and millets? The business case for East and Southern Africa
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100458
JF  - Global Food Security (TSI)
SN  - 2211-9124
PB  - Elsevier
N1  - 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.
N2  - 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.
KW  - Sorghum
KW  -  Millets
KW  -  Africa
KW  -  Commercialization
Y1  - 2020/11//
SP  - 1
ID  - icrisat11713
EP  - 11
VL  - 26
ER  -