Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 24 ISSUE 4
Written by Elena SOARE, Irina-Adriana CHIURCIU, Cristina-Elena APOSTOL, Aurelia-Vasilica BĂLAN, Denisa-Florentina FULGEANU

This research reflects a number of aspects regarding the production and trade of sorghum worldwide, in the period 2017-2022. In the paper, several indicators specific to the sorghum production and marketing sector were highlighted and analysed, such as: cultivated area, production, average production and average annual consumption of sorghum and sorghum products per capita; imports and exports. Sorghum ranks 5th in the top of the most cultivated cereals worldwide. Sorghum is cultivated on all continents but the areas occupied vary widely from one region to another. In 2022, Africa accounted for 51.3% of the world's sorghum production. The production of sorghum has a number of uses such as: feeding the population; animal feed and as raw material for industry. The statistical data used in this research were provided by the FAOSTAT website.

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