Millions of peoples living in Africa and Asia depend on sorghum, as it is a staple food. In addition to this, fodder and stover are fed to millions of animals providing milk and meat for human being.

Sorghum ranks third in the major food grain crops of our country. The greatest merit with sorghum is that it has capacity to withstand against drought. It does well even in low rainfall areas. It makes comparatively quick growth and gives not only good yields of grain but also very large quantity of fodder.

Human beings in India eat sorghum grain by breaking the grain and cooking it in the same way as rice or by grinding it into flour and for making chapaties. It is also eaten as parched and popped grain to some extent. Grain is also fed to cattle, poultry and swine. Sorghum grain contains about 10-12 % protein, 3 % fat and 70 % carbohydrates.