The return of rains across Acholi sub region has turned out to be a sigh of relief for Sorghum farmers.
In Omoro district sorghum in the gardens had started to wither, Pascal Osire who has 50 acres of sorghum says hope was fast fading as the scorching sun turned the flowering sorghum into black.
Sorghum is a stable food crop in Acholi sub region, and return of rains gives the farmers hope for a potential bumper harvest.
As he weeds his 50 acre sorghum garden in Omoro district, Osire lifts the sorghum heads which had turned black due to the scorching sun.
"Some sorghum started fruiting with a lot of sunshine and it got affected, but now that God has given us rain we expect good harvest" says Osire .
Like many sorghum farmers across Acholi sub region, Osire had lost hope of a bumper harvest this season.
However in the last one week the rains have started to return and the sorghum is back to life.
"The Baganda say "enkumbi terimba" directly translated as "the hoe does not lie", so it is just a matter of somebody getting committed to do something and you will see such a great harvest," he says.
Due to its versatility as both a food and cash crop, sorghum is one of the major stable crops.
"We are expecting about 400 bags this season, only that we would have gotten more than unfortunately when they were flowering, sunshine hit the crops" says Eddie Oumo another sorghum farmer in Amuru district
The next sorghum harvest across Acholi sub region is expected in August.
