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Drought-tolerant crop

A crop such as sorghum or millet that yields under low rainfall

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Plain meaning
A crop such as sorghum or millet that yields under low rainfall
How to use it
Where rainfall is unreliable, plant drought-tolerant crops on part of the land to protect income.
South African benchmark
South African commercial sorghum consumption is about 225,000 tonnes a year (Article 7, 2012/13 baseline).
Country notes
Zimbabwe's GMB pays the same price for traditional grains as for maize to encourage them.
Go and read
C9 Lesson 9.1, M2-U2
Calculate it
T-M2-03 Yield-to-Income Calculator
Library sources
LIB-A020, LIB-A137
See also
Dryland farming, Small grains, Mahangu
Dryland farming compared with irrigated farming and the enterprises each supportsWater decides the enterpriseDryland: rain onlyIrrigated: borehole, dam or riverboreholeDrought-tolerant crops, grazing, sorghumHigh-value vegetables, fruit, seed crops
From Module 9, Climate, Water and Resource Risk, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in C9 Climate, Water and Resource Risk.