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Why invest in Research & Development for sorghum and millets? The business case for East and Southern Africa

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100458
doi:10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100458
 
Title Why invest in Research & Development for sorghum and millets? The business case for East and Southern Africa
 
Creator Orr, A
Schipmann-Schwarze, C
Gierend, A
Nedumaran, S
Mwema, C
Muange, E
Manyasa, E
Ojulong, H
 
Subject Millets
Sorghum
Africa
Southern Africa
East Africa
 
Description This article synthesizes recent research by ICRISAT and its partners to analyse the business case for sorghum and
millets in ESA and the wider strategy of commercialization on which this is based. The business case is stronger
for sorghum because of its greater impact on poverty and food security, but millets are better suited to a strategy
of commercialization. Commercial demand for millets is primarily driven by specialty markets for flour while
that for sorghum is limited to beer. Demand for improved varieties is driven primarily by the need for early –
maturity that shortens the hungry period. Future growth in production depends on increased opportunities for
inter-regional trade.
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Date 2020-11
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/11713/1/Why%20invest%20in%20reserach-%20Alastair%202020.pdf
Orr, A and Schipmann-Schwarze, C and Gierend, A and Nedumaran, S and Mwema, C and Muange, E and Manyasa, E and Ojulong, H (2020) Why invest in Research & Development for sorghum and millets? The business case for East and Southern Africa. Global Food Security (TSI), 26. pp. 1-11. ISSN 2211-9124