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Sorghum Research Program:
Sorghum is the main food for most Sudanese people and contributes to Sudan’s agricultural exports. Average area in the rain-fed sector is estimated at 12 million feddans, while only one million feddans are cultivated in irrigated areas. To promote sorghum production, it is necessary to raise present levels of productivity that are around 0.2 tons per feddan in the rain-fed areas and 0.5 tons in irrigated schemes. These figures are indicative of a very low productivity compared with the existing potential. Over the past 10 years, this research program has successfully bred improved sorghum varieties characterized by high yield and good quality, to be grown in irrigated schemes. Five of these varieties have been released. Their average productivity in farmers’ fields is around 1.35 t/fed; while one of them – variety “Tabat” - has scored as high as 2.3 tons per feddan in research stations.
This program aims at:
(1) Raising productivity
(2) Breeding for high grain quality
(3) Breeding open-pollinated varieties and hybrids that have high yield and quality, of optimal maturity, adaptable to different production environments in order to meet local and international market demand.
