Mabele!
Mabele aka sorghum, welcome to the Sorghum Agenda.
What is sorghum?
Sorghum is one of the most important cereal grains for food consumption
in Africa. Sorghum is as nutritious as maize and has high drought
tolerance. This makes it a resilient option for farmers to plant under
changing climatic conditions. Sorghum also has traditional significance.
Umqombothi or utshwala is a beer traditionally made from maize and
sorghum by the family matriarch for special occasions. As well as
traditional beer, the Tswana people of South Africa also make a
fermented porridge (ting ya mabele) from sorghum.
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