Sorghum

详情

The sorghum area in India was more than *6 million ha in ***1, but has gradually decreased to 7.8 million ha in ******8 (still *0% of the world’s sorghum area). Of this, 3.5 million ha was grown in the rainy (kharif) season and 4.3 million ha in the post rainy (rabi) season. Production increased from 9 million tons in the early ***0s to *2 million tons in the early ***0s and maintained this level for over a decade until the early ***0s, followed by a steep decline to 7.3 million tons. Despite the decrease in area over the years, production has been sustained at 7.3 million tons (***9) due mainly to adoption of improved varieties and hybrids. Sorghum grain yields in India have averaged ***0 kg/ha in the rainy season and **0 kg/ha in the postrainy season in recent years.