The Department of Agricultural Research
Services (DARS) in partnership with the
International Crop research Institute for the
Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), has released
three improved sorghum varieties; Pilira
3, Pilira 4 and Pilira 5. These new varieties
replace Pilira 1 and Pilira 2, released in 1993,
and have since been the only improved
sorghum varieties available in Malawi
