Sorghum is an important food security crop especially in semi-arid lands of Kenya. It is adapted in a wide agro-ecological zones. Sorghum requires less water than maize thus offering great potential for supplementing food and feed resources. Although sorghum varieties with a yield potential of 2 to 5t/ha are available, their productivity has remained low, at 0.7t/ ha. The major constraints to sorghum production are: inadequate soil moisture, low soil fertility, bird damage, pests and diseases, high cost of inputs, low adoption of improved varieties, weeds, lack of markets and limited utilization options. Farmers consider lack of markets, low producer prices and bird damage as the main constraints to increased sorghum production. At Topical Ventures Limited we work with smallholder farmers in Kitui County, Mwingi North Sub County to ensure that they not only get trained on how to grow sorghum but also how and where to market it.
