Crops

Sorghum

SOR-gum

Also Known As Milo · Great Millet · Guinea Corn · Jowar

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General Reference

Agriculture and Farming Atlas. "Sorghum." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-agriculture.interactiveatlas.org/crops/sorghum.

APA Style

Agriculture and Farming Atlas. (n.d.). Sorghum. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-agriculture.interactiveatlas.org/crops/sorghum

BibTeX

@misc{agricultureandfarmingatlas-sorghum,
  author = {Agriculture and Farming Atlas},
  title = {Sorghum},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-agriculture.interactiveatlas.org/crops/sorghum},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Africa's great contribution to the world's cereals: a grain domesticated in the Sudan region that tolerates heat and drought no other major cereal can. Sorghum remains the staple of the Sahel and semi-arid India, and serves the Americas mainly as feed grain and forage.

Facts

Scientific Name

Sorghum bicolor 1

Crop Class

Cereal 1

Domestication Region

Northeastern Africa (Sudan region) 1

Domesticated When (Circa)

circa 4000 to 3000 BC, with cultivation of wild forms earlier 1

Sources

1. Sorghum (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationView the Source

1. Sorghum (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia Foundationlead sectionView the Source

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