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. 2020 Sep;26:100458. doi: 10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100458

Table 2.

Production, demand and trade projections for sorghum and millets, Eastern and Southern Africa, 2015–2050 (000 t).

Variable Sorghum
Millets
Scenario: “Baseline”
, 2015 2025 2050 2015 2025 2050
Production 11,782 16,004 29,899 3177 4517 8961
Demand 12,008 15,634 26,307 3431 4445 7280
Net Trade −1328 −731 2490 −254 72 1681



Scenario: “Optimistic”
Production 11,405 15,101 27,036 3133 4383 8549
Demand 10,308 12,923 21,278 3500 4420 7186
Net Trade −4 1077 4657 100 539 2236



Scenario: “25% increase in yield growth rate of sorghum and millets”



Production 12,166 17,072 34,917 3312 4976 11,312
Demand 12,026 15,691 26,605 3435 4458 7347
Net Trade −952 280 7211 −123 513 3965



Scenario: “25% increase in yield growth rate of maize”



Production 11,896 16,124 29,775 3170 4497 8858
Demand 11,768 15,347 25,857 3431 4444 7274
Net Trade −1379 −823 2086 −261 53 1584

Source: IMPACT Model. For individual countries see Orr et al. (2016): Table 6.1–6.7.

Note: ESA is defined following the FAOSTAT classification. Eastern Africa: Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, while Southern Africa is defined as Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland. This differs from the definition for ESA used by the IMPACT model (Orr et al., 2016, Appendix 1).