Review Article
Economic Potentials and Use Dynamics of Sorghum Food System in Ethiopia: Its Implications to Resolve Food Deficit
Table 1
Nutritional composition of sorghum crop grain compared to other crops.
| Nutritional content | Sorghum | Maize | Wheat | Teff | Rice | Enset |
| Ash | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 9.13 | Crude protein (CP) | 8.3 | 8–11 | 11.7 | 11 | 7.3 | 5.98 | Crude fat (CF) | 3.9 | 4.9 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 0.84 | Crude fiber (CF) | 0.6 | — | 2 | 3 | 0.6–1.0 | 9.48 | Carbohydrates | 74.6 | 64.77 | 64.72 | 73 | 78.24 | 74.57 | Starch | 63 | 72 | 71 | 73 | 64 | 60.62 |
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