# Sorghum yields in Ethiopian highlands could fall by 40% – Physics World

> A US and Ethiopian team using a crop model finds sorghum yields in the Ethiopian highlands could fall by as much as 40 percent in the worst years as intense El Niño events become more frequent. Early-season droughts are the main vulnerability.

- Date: 2019-07-11 · published 2019-07-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58003-sorghum-yields-in-ethiopian-highlands-could-fall-by-40-physics-world
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Sorghum is a key subsistence crop in semi-arid Africa, and these projected losses reinforce long-term climate risk, though the effect on global sorghum prices is small given the regional scale.

## Read by commodity

- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Sources

- physicsworld.com: https://physicsworld.com/a/sorghum-yields-in-ethiopian-highlands-could-fall-by-40/

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