Sorghum Sorghum comes first by area and volume of crop. Most of the crop is consumed locally, with a significant part used as fodder and yet another part is utilized by the industry for the production of glucose and starch. All excess sorghum is exported, specially to the markets of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where it fetches high prices because of its high quality.
Sorghum is grown all over the Sudan in the irrigated as well as in the rain-fed areas.
This necessitates the establishment of a strategic reserve to secure food requirements and trade commitments. Breeders in the Research Corporation have managed to produce high quality varieties that suit both the irrigated and the rain-fed regions in addition to some hybrids. Farmers are being provided with suitable technological packages to enhance productivity and yield and promote the comparative advantage of sorghum production in the Sudan. Dukhn is grown in the quoz region with sparse rains and soils with poor fertility. The productive area is usually not more than half the cultivated area.