Sorghum
Hardy plants with unique properties
Pivoting roots that bury deep into the ground seeking underground water and soaking up excess fertilizer which enters the groundwater
- More often than not no irrigation required
- Low cultivation cost
No or very few phytosanitary treatments for healthy food production
A powerful root system
- Enriches the soil with organic matter,
- Extracts nutritional elements lost by other plants
- Removes deep pollutants
Cultivation cycle: 3 months
- Leaves rooms for a 2nd crop in the same year
High rate of methanation
- 8,000 m3 per hectare
Very high yields: 17 to 25 metric tons of dry material per hectare
- Double that of a hectare of forest
High calorie content to make pellets of 17,000 kJ/kg