sorghum

Sorghum is being put forward as a crop that could help European agriculture adapt to climate change. The drought-tolerant cereal, long grown in Africa and North America, needs less water than maize and could become more widely planted in Europe as heat and dry conditions increasingly disrupt conventional crops.

The Food and Agriculture Organization has released a new recipe book in Malawi that takes traditional dishes from field to table, highlighting the nutritional and culinary potential of sorghum and cowpeas. The publication aims to promote these drought-tolerant crops as affordable, healthy staples and to support local farmers and food security in the country.