Sorghum forage

Implementation

Mid term

Sustainability components

  • GHG emissions
  • Air quality
  • Soil
  • Water
  • Biodiversity
  • Animal welfare
  • Economic
  • Social
  • Technical feasibility

Climate risk region

Atlantic
Atlantic

Weather event addressed

Drought
Very high temperatures / Heat wave

Farming system

ANIMALS
Animals

Description of the measure

Sorghum forage

Comments on sustainability

In shallower lands and therefore more sensitive to water deficit without the possibility of irrigation, fodder sorghum is an alternative for building up fodder stocks, in particular by a double cultivation of meslin and then sorghum.