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creators_name: Rohrbach, D D
creators_name: Mgoba, C
creators_name: Tenu, A J H
icrisatcreators_name: Rohrbach, D D
affiliation: ICRISAT(Bulawayo)
country: Zimbabwe
country: Tanzania
title: Potential use of sorghum in school feeding programs
ispublished: pub
subjects: s1.4
full_text_status: public
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.
date: 2002
publication: International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter
volume: 43
pagerange: 11-12
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   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.      
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/1614/1/ISMN43_11-12_2002.pdf