Dr Akhil Verma Sorghum is the ‘King of Millets’ and a dual-purpose crop mainly grown for its grain and fodder, it is also known by various vernacular names such as great millet, jowar, charri etc.

Many farmers plant sorghum when weather isn't favorable for cotton or wheat. Sorghum thrives in dry climates, he said. "If we can get the price of sorghum up, we can make sorghum a primary crop," ...