?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F2571%2F&rft.title=Commercialization+Prospects+for+Sorghum+and+Pearl+Millet+in+Tanzania.+Working+Paper+Series+no.+7&rft.creator=Rohrbach%2C+D+D&rft.creator=Kiriwaggulu%2C+J+A+B&rft.subject=Millets&rft.subject=Sorghum&rft.description=Tanzania+produces+over+5000%2C000+t+of+sorghum+and+2000%2C000+t+of+pearl+millet+per+year.+Yet+virtually+the+entire+production+is+subsistence-orienated.+The+lack+of+commercial+market+as+limited+farmer+interest+in+improving+crop+management%2C+and+average+sorghum+and+pearl+millet+yields+have+changed+little+over+the+past+15+years.+This+report+analyzes+the+prospects+for+expanding+commercial+utilization+of+these+crops.+On+the+basis+of+a+utilization+survey%2C+a+review+of+price+data%2C+and+discussions+with+industry+representatives%2C+it+appears+that+the+best+opportunity+for+expanding+the+use+of+sorghum+is+in+the+opaque+beer+brewing+industry.+A+target+of+75%25+substitution+over+the+next+5+years+would+create+a+demand+for+1800+t+per+year+of+high+quality+white+sorghum.+According+to+industry+representatives%2C+the+main+constraint+limiting+the+use+of+sorghum+and+pearl+millet+in+animal+feeds+is+the+relative+grain+price.+If+sorghum+is+available+at+competitive+price%2C+5+years+from+now+it+could+account+for+at+least+5%25+of+the+grain+used+by+the+industry%2C+or+5000+t+per+year.+The+potential+size+of+the+market+for+milled+sorghum+and+pearl+millet+meal+is+difficult+to+estimate%2C+because+of+uncertainty+about+the+strength+of+consumer+preferences+for+alternative+grains.+Nonetheless%2C+the+milling+industry+can+set+a+target+of+replacing+perhaps+5+%25+of+the+maize+meal+sold+in+Dar+es+Salaam+with+sorghum+meal%2C+generating+a+demand+for+more+than+20%2C000+t+of+grain+per+year.+The+prospects+for+pearl+millet+are+less+favorable+than+for+sorghum+given+its+generally+higher+price+and+lower+yields+and+labor+productivity.+However%2C+there+may+be+small+market+niche+for+pearl+millet-based+meals%2C+particularly+in+communities+drawn+from+pearl+millet+production+zones.+The+milling+industry+could+test+this+market+with+an+initial+throughput+of+500+to+1000+t+of+pearl+millet+grain+per+year.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=2001&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F2571%2F1%2FWPS7-589.pdf&rft.identifier=++Rohrbach%2C+D+D+and+Kiriwaggulu%2C+J+A+B++(2001)+Commercialization+Prospects+for+Sorghum+and+Pearl+Millet+in+Tanzania.+Working+Paper+Series+no.+7.++Working+Paper.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+Bulawayo%2C+Zimbabawe.+++++