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Future directions for food security and diversity partnership and research strategy for sorghum

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Title Future directions for food security and diversity partnership and research strategy for sorghum
 
Creator Bantilan, M C S
Deb, U K
Gowda, C L L
Reddy, B V S
Obilana, A B
Evenson, R E
 
Subject Sorghum
 
Description Future demand for sorghum is going to be different from the demand pattern observed at present
and in the past. The demand for sorghum grain as food is expected to decline in the future while its
demand as poultry feed, flour, ethanol (biofuel) and alcoholic beverages is going to increase. The
demand for sorghum – both green and dry plants – as livestock feed will also go up. It is also
expected that the demand for sorghum grain and stalk for industrial end use in nutrition and health
products would increase. Thus, sorghum will essentially enhance the performance of integrated
crop-livestock systems and improve options for commercialization in semi-arid agriculture.
Therefore, any strategy to promote sorghum must be designed from this perspective.
In addition to the shifts in demand for sorghum grain and stalk, the vast developments in
science and scientific tools can be used for germplasm evaluation, selection, screening and
development of new cultivars and their utilization. The progress in Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) can lead to the dissemination of knowledge and technology and
the management and coordination of networks and partnerships. Visible changes have occurred in
seed policies and seed delivery systems in countries where ICRISAT is operating. The new
millennium has led to a new vision and strategies of the donor community. At present, agricultural
research is viewed as a mechanism to alleviate poverty and hunger, ensure food security and sustain
the livelihoods of poor communities around the world rather than just a means of increasing
productivity. Considering these factors and the findings reported in previous chapters, there is a
need to devise future strategies for sorghum breeding and partnership, formulate technology
exchange policies and pave pathways for promoting diversity in sorghum cultivation.
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
 
Date 2004
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Bantilan, M C S and Deb, U K and Gowda, C L L and Reddy, B V S and Obilana, A B and Evenson, R E (2004) Future directions for food security and diversity partnership and research strategy for sorghum. In: Sorghum genetic enhancement: research process, dissemination and impacts. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India, pp. 263-268. ISBN 92-9066-470-3