In the semi arid regions where domestic markets for food and feed are increasing rapidly, sorghum and pearl millet are poised to be the staple major grains of the 21st Century. INTSORMIL is dedicated to helping sorghum and millet farmers in those regions achieve the status of surplus grain production and the economic, social and health benefits thus provided. INTSORMIL activities have had a significant impact on the lives of sorghum and millet farmers through improved food security, enhanced farm income and improved economic activity. In Africa and Central America, where sorghum and pearl millet are moving from subsistence to cash crops, there are increasing opportunities for farmers to participate in new markets and increase their incomes. INTSORMIL activities have resulted in the structuring of a new integrated economic development system to achieve meaningful change in rural, urban, and national living standards through the development of grain and forage production technology resulting in high grain and forage yields. In addition to promoting grain and forage production, INTSORMIL also promotes entrepreneurship in the production and utilization of sorghum and millet through the development of new production and processing technologies and marketing strategies. Technology is being developed that meets the needs of food (bakery goods, processed sorghum and millet based foods) and feed (livestock, poultry) processors in Africa and Central America. Farmers in the United States also benefit from INTSORMIL activities. INTSORMIL plays a critical role in predicting U.S. needs relating to sorghum and millet and proactively works to develop new grain and forage hybrids, diagnostic tools and strategies to keep these crops at the cutting edge of agricultural productivity.