Sorghum is a staple food in many African countries.
玉蜀黍在许多非洲国家是主食。
Farmers in this region grow
sorghum for both human consumption and animal feed.
这个地区的农民种植玉蜀黍既供人食用也作饲料。
Sorghum is drought-resistant, making it an ideal crop for arid regions.
玉蜀黍耐旱，是干旱地区的理想作物。
The health benefits of
sorghum include its high fiber content and antioxidants.
玉蜀黍的健康益处包括其高纤维含量和抗氧化剂。
In some parts of India,
sorghum is used to make traditional alcoholic beverages.
在印度的一些地方，玉蜀黍被用来制作传统酒精饮料。
Sorghum can be malted and used as a base for brewing beer.
玉蜀黍可以发芽并用作酿造啤酒的基础。
Gluten-free diets often incorporate
sorghum as a wheat substitute.
无麸质饮食常将玉蜀黍作为小麦的替代品。
The stalks of
sorghum plants are used in the production of biofuels.
玉蜀黍的茎秆可用于生物燃料的生产。
Sorghum varieties with colored grains are used in decorative applications, such as birdseed mixes.
具有彩色谷粒的玉蜀黍品种常用于装饰用途，如混合鸟食。
Sorghum syrup, a sweetener derived from the plant, is a traditional ingredient in Southern U.S. cuisine.
从玉蜀黍植物中提取的糖浆——玉蜀黍糖浆，是美国南部烹饪中的传统成分。
In addition to importing agricultural products such as corn, sorghum, wheat and soybeans from traditional agricultural powerhouses like the United States, Canada and Brazil, COFCO Group increased its imports from countries and regions participating in the Belt and Road Initiative, including Argentina, South Africa, Kazakhstan, Cambodia and Bulgaria, incorporating products such as barley, wheat, corn and rice.
除了从美国、加拿大和巴西等传统农业大国进口玉米、高粱、小麦和大豆等农产品外，中粮集团还增加了从阿根廷、南非、哈萨克斯坦、柬埔寨和保加利亚等“一带一路”倡议参与国家和地区的进口，玉米和大米。
In addition to importing edible oil, sugar, meat, alcohol and dairy products from overseas markets, the company purchased grain and bulk commodities such as wheat, corn, sorghum and cotton to meet the demand of domestic food processing enterprises.
除了从海外市场进口食用油、食糖、肉类、酒精和乳制品外，该公司还采购了小麦、玉米、高粱和棉花等粮食和大宗商品，以满足国内食品加工企业的需求。
The projects include a packing plant with a capacity of 80,000 metric tons of Moutai liquor, a warehouse that can store up to 30,000 tons of alcohol, and an organic sorghum planting base in Guizhou province.
Baijiu, produced from sorghum, has a long history, with its distilling technique passed down for over 1,000 years.
The spirit, made from sorghum and wheat, takes up to five years for the whole production process, involving nine times of steaming, eight times of fermentation and seven times of distillation, before aged in clay pots.
Moutai, a popular brand of baijiu, is distilled from locally grown high-quality sorghum in Guizhou province.
Moutai, a popular brand of baijiu, contains 53 percent alcohol by volume and is distilled from locally grown high-quality sorghum in Guizhou province.
"Apart from importing edible oil, sugar, meat, alcohol and dairy products from overseas markets, we have purchased grain and bulk commodities such as wheat, corn and sorghum to meet the demand of domestic food processing companies," said Luan Richeng, COFCO's president.
Led by a tour guide, the teenager from Beijing explored various production workshops, witnessing steaming sorghum plants, an alcohol fermentation process and other vinegar-making techniques.
Unlike Western cider vinegar, the renowned Shanxi mature vinegar stands out for its unique brewing process, crafted using a blend of sorghum, peas and barley.
Local statistics show that Shanxi's planting area for coarse cereals, including millet, sorghum, buckwheat, oats, quinoa and beans, is approximately 1 million hectares, accounting for roughly 10 percent of the country's total.
Made using natural fiber materials such as corn, cassava, sweet potato and sorghum, bio-based fibers are more environmentally friendly than polyester, and its production can alleviate the shortage of oil resources, the report stated.
报告指出，以玉米、木薯、红薯和高粱等天然纤维材料制成的生物基纤维比聚酯更环保，其生产可以缓解石油资源的短缺。
Holiday season to see rising investments globally and new varieties of products in white-hot market, the world's largestFat profits are encouraging distillers of baijiu, a Chinese white spirit distilled from fermented sorghum, to continue their investments in the sector, ahead of the busy sales season spanning Christmas and the Chinese Spring Festival in the second half of January.
Baijiu, which is usually distilled from sorghum and rice, contains 40 percent to 60 percent alcohol by volume.
"The dessert, made from milk, sorghum, peas, barley and vinegar, is one of the best selling items at the store, with more than 200 cones sold every day, according to China Global Television Network.
China's only rural policy bank has started to award loans with a lending rate of 4.35 percent to private firms on purchasing potatoes and grain such as sorghum to help ease private firms' money shortage and expand the scale of grain purchasing.
Li Guoliang with Lianghui grain company in Tongliao City that purchases sorghum, green bean and buckwheat has also benefited from the loan.
The bank's branch in the city also plans to issue a loan of 50 million yuan for green bean purchasing and 120 million yuan for sorghum purchasing.
Baijiu, which means "white liquor", represents a category of Chinese spirits distilled mainly from fermented sorghum.
Kevin Wang / China DailyBaijiu, usually distilled from sorghum and rice, contains between 40 to 60 percent alcohol by volume.
Hyleen Capital is also investing in a sweet sorghum plantation project in Myanmar with a possible investment of $20 million.
Yin said currently trial planting is been conducted with the help of the Ministry of Agriculture of the country and added that hopefully sweet sorghum grasses will be planted to replace sweet canes to generate sugar in two years.
Rahamtalla Mohamed Osman, permanent representative of the African Union to China, told the forum that his continent has 65 percent of the world's remaining uncultivated arable land, and at least one-sixth of global plant species, including many food crops of African origin such as wheat, barley, millet, sorghum, teff, coffee, cowpea and oil palm.
Dong Yonghan, who lives in Dalu village of Hefei, Anhui province, has been busy leading his colleagues and villagers in harvesting wheat and planting sorghum on the 405 hectares of cropland.
Second, they craved grains such as sorghum rice and corn meal, and third -- a seemingly unattainable dream at that time -- was to have rice and flour on the table at any time, with a meal of meat regularly.
About 633 million tons of the grain consisted of rice, wheat, corn, sorghum and other cereal crops, the bureau said.