Equipping farmers to increase sorghum and millet yields and improve profitability of farm produce
TAAT initiative in the Sahel To contribute to food and nutrition security in seven countries in the Sahel and to improve farmer Read more...
Forging a network to revitalize sorghum and millets in Eastern and Southern Africa
A group of agricultural scientists and other value chain actors, such as processors and seed business houses working with sorghum and millets, Read more...
The stories of ‘sorghum’ Agatha and ‘seed’ Mary
Why linking with the private sector is important for the AVISA project Passion can be a very tasty ingredient. It is with Read more...
Breaking barriers for climate-smart crop adoption in Kenya
Paving the way for development of a reliable seed distribution model, a nationwide program has helped transform livelihoods of over 450 farm Read more...
Making seed available for improved adoption of climate smart crops
The central problem facing climate smart crops such as sorghum, millets and pigeonpea, is how to accelerate the adoption of improved varieties– getting Read more...
Sorghum improvement collaboration earns community appreciation in Nigeria
The Kambuwa community in Nigeria’s Kebbi state honored representatives of Nigeria Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program – Phase 1 (ATASP-1) and its Read more...
Study shows consumer acceptance to diversify staples with Smart Foods
A study in Tanzania and Myanmar analyzed consumer acceptance of pigeonpea, millets and sorghum in a variety of forms in both rural Read more...
Scientists to focus on favorable nutritional traits in sorghum for both human consumption and animal feed
Recognizing the increased market pull for sorghum grain as health food and animal feed (see box) and the use of foliage as Read more...
Sehgal Foundation and Smart Food align to intensify efforts
Sehgal Foundation is aligning some big initiatives with the Smart Food Endowment Fund to help create a bigger movement. This will bring more attention to Smart Foods like millet, sorghum and grain legumes.
Women and youth in Nigeria turn to sorghum processing for better incomes
Over 300 women and youth in Nigeria discovered recently that the humble, environment-friendly sorghum can be made into delicious products and, in Read more...