# Hunger forces Kotido farmers to harvest premature crops | Monitor

> Farmers in Kotido District, Uganda, are harvesting immature sorghum because skyrocketing cereal prices in the Karamoja sub-region have left families short of food. Drought delayed planting this season, and the crop still needs about two more months to mature.

- Date: 2022-07-14 · published 2022-07-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Uganda · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40532-hunger-forces-kotido-farmers-to-harvest-premature-crops-monitor
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Drought-hit sorghum in East Africa is pushing local cereal prices sharply higher and cutting yields from premature harvests, which tightens regional feed and food grain supply. The effect on global sorghum prices is minimal given the local scale.

## Read by commodity

- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Sources

- monitor.co.ug: https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/hunger-forces-kotido-farmers-to-harvest-premature-crops-3879742

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.