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SORGHUM
Sorghum experienced a difficult season during the 2021/2022 production season. The hectares planted
declined from 49 200 ha in 2020/2021 to 37 200 ha in 2021/2022 (-24%). In the same period, sorghum
production dropped by 49% from 215 000 tons to 110 700 tons. This can largely be attributed to a poor
yield, which declined by 32% from 4,37 t/ha to 2,98 t/ha.
Graph 5
shows the sorghum area planted, the
production and average yield since the 1995/1996 season.
Table 5
contains the production overview
for sorghum in the 2021/2022 season.
1995/1996
1996/1997
1997/1998
1998/1999
1999/2000
2000/2001
2001/2002
2002/2003
2003/2004
2004/2005
2005/2006
2006/2007
2007/2008
2008/2009
2009/2010
2010/2011
2011/2012
2012/2013
2013/2014
2014/2015
2015/2016
2016/2017
2017/2018
2018/2019
2019/2020
2020/2021
2021/2022
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
5
4,5
4
3,5
3
2,5
2
1,5
1
0,5
0
PRODUCTION
AREA
GRAPH 5
SORGHUM: TOTAL AREA PLANTED, PRODUCTION AND YIELD
YIELD
Thousand ha or ton
t/ha
TABLE 5
PRODUCTION OVERVIEW FOR SORGHUM (2021/2022)
2020/2021 2021/2022
5-YEAR
AVERAGE
10-YEAR
AVERAGE
Total planted (hectares)
49 200
37 200
42 670
52 237
Total produced (tons)
215 000
110 700
153 400
151 125
Average yield (tons/ha)
4,37
2,98
3,64
3,00
LINEAR (YIELD)
LINEAR (AREA)
MARKET OVERVIEW FOR THE
2021/2022 PRODUCTION SEASON