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The production and consumption data on sorghum and millets can be considered as only the best estimates that are available, as production data from small subsistence farms are difficult to obtain in any country. It is also likely that grain distribution and consumption throughout the semi-arid tropical regions vary widely among seasons, communities and families. Detailed and reliable data on the variety of products made from sorghum and millets and the prevalence of their use are either scanty or currently unavailable. One reason for the lack of information is the fact that to collect this information extensive surveys are needed. Several factors such as cost, time, labour, transportation and accessibility of villages in rural areas have to be considered before a survey is carried out. In several developing countries, inadequate infrastructure and other constraints have contributed to the lack of information on consumption of sorghum and millets.
Sorghum production
The total production of sorghum in the world in 1990 was 58 million tonnes, a decrease from 60 million tonnes in the year 1989 and 62 million tonnes in 1988 (FAO, 1991). A decrease in yield from 1 340 kg/ha in 1989 to 1 312 kg/ha in 1990 was reported, while the area remained around 44 million hectares in both years. Table 3 provides data on area, yield and production of sorghum in various regions of the world.
The five largest producers of sorghum in the world (Table 4) are the United States (25 percent), India (21 .5 percent), Mexico (almost 11 percent), China (9 percent) and Nigeria (almost 7 percent). Together these five countries account for 73 percent of total world production.
Of the total world area devoted to sorghum, over 80 percent is in developing countries. In Africa, sorghum is grown in a large belt that spreads from the Atlantic coast to Ethiopia and Somalia, bordering the Sahara in the north and the equatorial forest in the south. This area extends through the drier parts of eastern and southern Africa, where rainfall is too low for the successful cultivation of maize. Sorghum is the second most important cereal (after maize) in sub-Saharan Africa.
TABLE 3: Area, yield and production of sorghum by region, 1990
Region
Area
Yield (kg/ha)
Production
(10³ ha) (% total) (10³ ha) (% total)
North and Central America 5 970 13.5 3 572 21 325 36.7
Asia 18451 41.6 1 023 18 867 32.4
Africa 17 799 40.1 718 12 784 22.0
South America 1353 3.1 2 614 3 537 6.1
Oceania 407 0.9 2 298 934 1.6
World (1990) 44 352 1 312 58190
World (1989) 44 695 1 340 59 991
Source: FAO, 1991.
TABLE 4: Leading sorghum producers, 1990
Country
Area
Production
(10³ ha) (% total) (10³ ha) (% total)
United States 3 674 8.3 14 516 25.0
India 15300 34.5 12500 21.5
Mexico 1 830 4.1 6 230 10.7
China 1900 4.3 5310 91
Nigeria 6 000 13.5 4 000 6.9
Argentina 688 1.6 2 016 3.5
Sudan 2 925 6.6 1 502 2.6
Ethiopia 870 2.0 1000 1.7
Australia 406 0.9 933 1.6
Burkina Faso 1 250 2.8 917 1.6
Total 34 843 78.6 48 924 84.1
World 44 352 1 00 58190 1 00
Source: FAO, 1991.
Because of higher yield per unit area, North and Central America produce the highest quantity of sorghum (37 percent of total production). In Central and South America sorghum is grown in the drier parts of Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, dry lowland interior areas of Argentina, dry areas of northern Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and Uruguay. In North America, sorghum is cultivated in parts of the central and southern plains of the United States where rainfall is low and variable. Kansas, Texas, Nebraska and Arkansas are the major pr
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