Iqbal, M.A. and Iqbal, A. (2015) Overview on sorghum for food, feed, forage and fodder: opportunities and problems in pakistan's perspectives. American-Eurasian Journal Agricultural Environment Science, 15 (9). pp. 1818-1826.
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Abstract
Sorghum is a member of Poacea family and is considered to be the fifth most important cereal worldwide. It is a multipurpose crop which finds its use in a variety of food and feed products globally. Drought and heat resistant characteristics along with ability to tolerate soil toxicities have made this crop widespread from Africa to Americas to Asia. Sorghum is satisfying dietary needs of millions of people in Africa as it grows well in harsh climatic conditions where other cereals fail to take stand. It finds its use in a variety of beverages and baked products after going through fermentation, malting, baking, popping, roasting, brewing, boiling and milling. In Pakistan, there are no processing units for sorghum grain and farmers have remained ignorant of potential of this crop. As sorghum is being grown in arid, as well as, irrigated tracts of Pakistan, thus government needs to encourage the installation of processing facilities. In this way, farmers will tend to switch to this crop with the creation of market value of sorghum and with the passage of time; general public will also develop taste for sorghum products similar to tea and coffee. Sorghum grain is the best alternate of maize because it is almost equivalent to maize on nutrition scale. Sorghum requires fewer inputs and yields more, thus it has a bright future as far as poultry and animal feed is concerned. Forage sorghum cultivated in intercropping systems with legumes provides nutritious forage to dairy animals and that too much economically due to less use of irrigation and fertilizers. Sorghum fodder may also be preserved as hay or silage to feed animals during green forage shortage periods. Thus the need of hour is to exploit full potential of this crop to ensure sustainable animal feed supply and ultimately human food security.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cereals Drought Jawar Hay and Silage Food Security |
| Author Affiliation: | Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agriculture Faisalabad-38040, Pakistan |
| Subjects: | Plant Production |
| Divisions: | Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Mr T L Gautham |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Dec 2015 05:04 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Dec 2015 05:04 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5829/idosi.aejaes.2015.15.9.1... |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/14097 |
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