http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/1614 2011-09-17T08:37:47Z info:eu-repo/semantics/descriptiveMetadata http://oar.icrisat.org/1614/ Potential use of sorghum in school feeding programs Rohrbach, D D Mgoba, C Tenu, A J H Sorghum 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. 2002 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://oar.icrisat.org/1614/1/ISMN43_11-12_2002.pdf 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. info:eu-repo/semantics/objectFile info:eu-repo/semantics/humanStartPage