Sorghum and other millets, despite being known for their resilience, face significant agroclimatic challenges, including erratic rainfall, high temperatures, drought, dry spells and nutrient-poor soils. These crops, being significantly important in semi-arid and arid regions globally, invite more research focus. Given the lack of structured synthesis of climate adaptation research for sorghum and other millets, we conducted a systematic literature review to identify trends and associations in research with bibliometric analysis and estimate effec tiveness of various climate adaptation options with meta-analysis. It is evident from our results that there’s a shift in research trends towards data-driven techniques, such as machine learning, bio-fertilizers like biochar, nutrition-related areas like biofortification, and climatic hazard like waterlogging in sorghum and other millets literature.