Sorghum is sometimes known as the “camel of crops.” One of our toughest cereals, it can survive in super hot marginal environments with minimal water.
Our ancestors knew of this “camel” quite well. Sorghum is one of the world’s oldest cereals. It was first domesticated in Northeast Africa, in what is now Ethiopia and Sudan, but is now grown on every continent except Antarctica.
This versatile crop has a great many uses. Its grain is used as both human food and animal feed, it’s fermented to make beer and ground into flour for use in other food products. It’s also grown as a pasture crop, and the leaves and stalks produce biofuel.
But despite its usefulness, sorghum cultivation is declining in many places in favor of higher-value crops with larger markets. And its wild relatives are also disappearing. That means the diversity of the crop is declining too.
That’s why we developed a global conservation strategy to keep sorghum available for everyone, forever.

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