Regeneration of biological resources from the tropical BRC in Montpellier, France S. Vancoppenolle © CIRAD

Sorghum

Thanks to its plasticity and wide range of forms (phenotypes), sorghum can be integrated into many cropping systems in tropical and temperate zones. Furthermore, it remains a vital food crop for people in arid and semi-arid tropical regions. Its capacity to provide numerous ecosystem services makes it a crop of the future. Some 20 CIRAD researchers are involved in sorghum research. Their work covers every aspect of the use of the various types of sorghum, from the design of sustainable, input-saving cropping systems to the creation and dissemination of new varieties better suited to current and future environmental constraints and market demand.

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