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The sorgum varieties – more profitable and safer for a continuous climate change

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  • Marcela Stefan

    (Faculty of Agro-Food and Environmental Economics, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania)

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As a result of global warming and ecological conditions, the cultivation of sorghum has become an actual alternative for replacing the cultivation of corn, in the situation where water resources are becoming increasingly scarce, therefore causing the soil to become much more dry. Due to climate change, the losses in agricultural crops are estimated at 20% and new technologies that can be used to reduce these losses do not yet exist. Sorghum was grown in ancient times, for its seeds, for the extraction of the sweet juices from within its stem that is rich in sugar, and also being used as silage or green mass to feed animals. It’s resistance to drought, low consumption of fertilizers and pesticides, having a more relaxed and easy harvest, as well as it’s nutritional intake in food for animals, due to the fact that it contains protein and starch, are some of the advantages and benefits obtained during the cultivation of sorghum by farmers on large surface areas, in both global and local perspectives.

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  • Marcela Stefan, 2015. "The sorgum varieties – more profitable and safer for a continuous climate change," International Conference on Competitiveness of Agro-food and Environmental Economy Proceedings, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, vol. 4, pages 377-380.
    • Handle: RePEc:aes:icafee:v:4:y:2015:p:377-380
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