Facing repeated summer heatwaves and drought conditions that have rendered nearly half of this year's maize harvest unusable, some French cereal farmers are experimenting with sorghum — a drought-resistant grain staple of sub-Saharan Africa — as a more climate-resilient alternative. The crop, endorsed by the WWF and the United Nations as a "plant of the future," requires less water than maize and has deep root systems that help it withstand dry spells, contributing to France becoming Europe's largest sorghum producer in 2024 with around 103,000 hectares under cultivation. However, farmers warn that limited consumer demand and low profitability mean sorghum remains a supplementary crop rather than a viable primary livelihood, underscoring that climate adaptation in agriculture depends as much on building markets as on finding hardier plants.