‘New sorghum variety a game changer’

THE International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), in partnership with the Seed Co Group, has developed a new variety of white sorghum (great millet) that is set to increase yield by 25%.

The hybrid seed is a result of the recent agricultural innovation breakthrough conducted through the Sorghum and Pearl Millet Hybrid Parents Research Consortium.

Millet is rich in protein, potassium, and vitamin B and is used to make bread, cereal and couscous to pudding and in the production of alcoholic beverages.

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