Capability Statement 2023
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ICRISAT Capability Statement 2022
Sorghum
Sorghum is a genus of about twenty-five species of flowering plants in the grass family that produce edible and
nutritious grains. Some of these species are grown as cereals for human consumption and some in pastures for
animals. One species is grown for grain, while many others are used as fodder plants.
Varieties: 3.0 t/ha; Hybrids: 4.0 t/ha
Normal duration – 100 - 120 days to maturity
Current yield: 0.8 t/ha (varieties) 1.2 t/ha (hybrids)
333 varieties in 46 countries
(Map shows top 22 countries. Figures as of 2021)
Striga resistant
Midge resistant
Drought tolerant
Biofortifi ed (Fe/Zn)
Other traits
• Shoot fl y resistant
• Stem borer resistant
• Grain mold resistant
• Forage
• Biomass/ethanol
India: Seed consortium
1.1 million farmers benefi ted from improved cultivars
Short duration –
<100 days to maturity
Expansion of ICRISAT-origin material
Africa: 17,199.4 tons
Asia: 4,041 tons
21,240.4 tons
Forage sorghum hybrid CSH 24
MF is awarded ‘landmark forage
hybrid’ in India
2019
First ICRISAT variety released for
farming in India (Moti)
1978
ICSV 112 released in India as
CSV 13 and eventually released in
9 countries
1987
1999
Large-scale adoption of high-
yielding hybrid JKSH 22 by the
private sector
First marker-assisted bred sorghum
varieties that are Striga tolerant
released in sub-Saharan Africa
2012
World’s fi rst ethanol from
sweet sorghum (ICSV 25308
and RVICH28) produced from
ICRISAT-bred cultivars
2007
High biomass sorghum
(ICSSH 28) for production of biofuel
High iron and zinc variety
Parbhani Shakti released in India
3 high-yielding varieties (Pilara
3,4 and 5) released in Malawi
2016
2018
2020
World’s fi rst high-iron varieties
(SAMSORG 45 & SAMSORG 46)
released in Africa
2017
First ICRISAT variety released for
farming in Sudan (Hageen Dura)
Short-duration variety
Yield potential (rainfed areas)
Varieties/Hybrids developed
Crop Improvement
Milestones
Impacts
Varieties released from
ICRISAT-origin material
Seed Production by ICRISAT (2011-2021)
1983
Countries where the
varieties (including
hybrids) are released
Our speciality crops
For crop improvement, ICRISAT works to develop and enhance resilient, climate-smart and nutritious legume and cereal
crops including chickpea, pigeonpea, groundnut, sorghum, pearl millet, finger millet and small millets. These crops are
fundamental to food security in the drylands. At the systems level, ICRISAT also works on other important crops such as
soybean, sunflower, sesame, mustard, rapeseed. ICRISAT collaborates with partners on a wide range of cropping systems,
agroforestry and livestock.
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