Sorghum is Africa’s most widespread staple. It is the second most important cereal (after maize) in sub-Saharan Africa. In Africa, sorghum represents a large portion of the total calorie intake in many countries. The precise reasons for sorghum’s environmental tolerance are not fully understood, and are undoubtedly multifactorial. Five properties make sorghum the staple of choice in addressing nutritional challenges in Africa by FAO Sorghum plays an important role as food security crop especially in semi-arid lands. It can survive drought conditions for some weeks by rolling up its leaves and thus decreasing transpiration. Sorghum is cereal that you can’t find ever way around the world, it is a plant that can be grow in ever part of the county, sorghum is an agriculture product of subsistence in Rwanda. In ancient Rwanda, sorghum represent the economics or wealth of the county, it is that reason sorghum is represented in Rwandan national symbols, Sorghum is in two symbolic plants, it represents the main cereal plants grown in Rwanda. Sorghums were used in preparation of ubushera beer and Rukacyarara bread, before making beers and breads they have to powder sorghum on grinding stone and produce the sorghum flour. But the sorghums that make beer are white (amamera) and the Rukacyarara sorghum are brown and black. In nowadays you can’t found the sorghum bread everywhere in Rwanda except in Rwandan museum.
click on the link to view the statistics Rwanda Sorghum production by year since 1960 to 2015
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Jean BizimanaHe is a freelancer professional photojournalist .based in Kigali Rwanda East Africa. RWANDAN PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERPORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY
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