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

Source: [60].; USDA/ARS. 2014; [61–63] [64, 65].