Sorghum is a drought tolerant crop hence it’s grown in the drier areas.
Sorghum farming has the capacity to pull smallholder farmers in arid areas out of poverty but the voracious quelea birds have discouraged many of them from planting the crop. At KELS limited, we not only promote and support farmers to grow millet but also create Liaise with universities and other tertiary training institutions to either transfer research to the market or commercialize research.
The research objectives in sorghum research are; increased yield, drought, disease and pest tolerance, earliness, seed colour and marketability. The main activities involve germplasm acquisition, characterization and maintenance, development of breeding populations, development of improved sorghum varieties and sorghum agronomic recommendations for the different growing areas.