# New Research Identifies Promising Crops to Strengthen Saudi Arabia’s Food and Feed Security - Press Network of India

> ICRISAT researchers identified five sorghum and pearl millet candidates for Saudi Arabia. The crops are intended to provide both grain and livestock feed in water-scarce regions. The findings are at the research stage.

- Date: 2026-10-29 · published 2026-10-30T10:05:20.007Z
- Category: weather · region Saudi Arabia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/2027-new-research-identifies-promising-crops-to-strengthen-saudi-arabia-s-food-and
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Drought-tolerant feed grain varieties could over time reduce Saudi import needs for sorghum and feed. The impact on current prices is negligible.

## Read by commodity

- SORGHUM: neutral

## Sources

- pninews.com: https://www.pninews.com/new-research-identifies-promising-crops-to-strengthen-saudi-arabias-food-and-feed-security/

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