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Ethiopia's Climate-Smart Farming Initiative, launched in July 2023, targets 250,000 hectares and bundles drought-tolerant sorghum seed, drip irrigation and a digital platform. A pilot reported a 23% cut in water loss and a 31% sorghum yield gain, and the ministry plans to add 150,000 hectares contingent on funding.
Gradual adoption of higher-yielding drought-tolerant sorghum could expand East African supply over time, a long-run bearish factor for sorghum prices, though scale remains small.
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