People in Africa have been eating sorghum for thousands of years, but in recent times we seem to have forgotten about it. However, there are very good reasons to bring sorghum back to yo...
As summer grain farmers start preparing to plant, a national initiative involving government and industry organisations is working to ensure that more hectares will be set aside for grai...
Birds are the worst nightmare for small grain producers, and can reduce yields significantly. Farmers in some areas have abandoned growing small grains due to losses from birds. Quelea b...
Conditions for growing small grains The rainfall, humidity, temperature and soil conditions need to be perfect for the growing of small grains. A farmer must also look at the soil’s...
This is a quick production guide for three drought tolerant small grain crops, namely sorghum, pearl millet and finger millet. The three crops are key for household food and nutritional ...
[embed]http://youtu.be/ST85NZLge1Q[/embed] Braam van den Berg, Advanta Seeds' Field crop Portfolio Manager for Southern Africa was at AgriTech in Zambia to talk about their various cr...
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolour), also known as great millet, durra and jowar, originated in North-Eastern Africa. It is a significant crop in Sub-Saharan Africa and millions of people around ...
While Zimbabwe’s smallholder farmers have been slow in embracing large-scale production of small grains such as millet and sorghum, women who have taken up growing such crops have foun...
