| Agroclimatic areas | Types of sorghum | Sowing dates | ||
| End of May | June | July | ||
| North Sudanian | Sorghum grain | 59.5% | 21.4% | 19.0% |
| Sweet grain sorghum | 55.2% | 27.6% | 17.2% | |
| Dyer sorghum | 71.4% | 0.0% | 28.6% | |
| Sub-Sahelian | Sorghum grain | 22.2% | 66.7% | 11.1% |
| Sweet grain sorghum | 12.5% | 25.0% | 62.5% | |
| Sweet sorghum | 14.2% | 42.9% | 42.9% | |