December 2023

K-State shares sorghum-growing strategies with Madagascar farmers

Harvest season for sorghum has wrapped up in Kansas, but 10,000 miles away in Madagascar the planting season has only just begun.Those farmers in the African country could soon be using western Kansas strategies for growing the grain as they grapple with a changing climate.A $2.5 million grant will fund the international partnership at a time when farmers in both Kansas and Madagascar are working to cope with water scarcity.

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