?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F1097%2F&rft.title=Industrial+Utilization+of+Sorghum+in+India&rft.creator=Kleih%2C+U&rft.creator=Ravi%2C+S+B&rft.creator=Rao%2C+B+D&rft.creator=Yoganand%2C+B&rft.subject=Sorghum&rft.description=Patterns+of+human+consumption+of+sorghum+are+well+documented.+Much+less+is+known+about+the%0D%0Aindustrial+utilization+of+the+crop+and+the+market+opportunities+this+presents+for+poor+sorghum%0D%0Aproducers.+This+study+documents+the+emerging+patterns+of+industrial+utilization+and+provides+evidence%0D%0Athat+between+10-40%25+of+rainy-season+sorghum+is+used+for+nonfood+uses.+Postrainy-season+sorghum%0D%0Autilization+remains+solely+for+food+purposes+as+it+is+not+price+competitive+as+an+industrial+raw+material.%0D%0AThe+main+utilization+sectors+are+the+poultry+feed+sector+(approximately+0.5+million+t+per+year)%3B+the+dairy%0D%0Afeed+sector+(approximately+0.2+million+t+per+year)%3B+and+the+grain+alcohol+sector+(approximately+0.1%0D%0Amillion+t+per+year).+In+the+most+important+utilization+sector%2C+poultry+feed%2C+sorghum+utilization+is+related%0D%0Ato+the+price+of+competing+cereals%2C+particularly+maize.+Sorghum+is+used+when+prices+are+20-30%25+lower%0D%0Athan+that+of+maize.+With+the+demand+for+poultry+feed+estimated+to+be+15%25+per+year%2C+and+with+limited%0D%0Aopportunities+for+increased+maize+production%2C+the+demand+for+sorghum+is+likely+to+strengthen.%0D%0AHowever%2C+the+impact+of+trade+liberalization+and+particularly+maize+imports+will+have+to+be+considered.%0D%0AInstitutional+arrangements+linking+the+key+utilization+industries+and+related+public+sector+research+have%0D%0Ain+the+past+been+weak.+Improving+these+linkages+through+public-private+sector+partnerships+would+help%0D%0Ato+further+support+private+sector+market+development+for+a+commodity+produced+by+some+of+India's%0D%0Apoorest+farmers.%0D%0AThis+publication+is+an+output+from+a+research+project+funded+by+the+United+Kingdom+Department%0D%0Afor+International+Development+for+the+benefit+of+developing+countries.+The+views+expressed+are%0D%0Anot+necessarily+those+of+DFID+%5BR+6687+%3A+Crop+Post-Harvest+Programme%5D.%0D%0A%C2%A9+2000+by+the+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi+-Ar+id+Tropics+(+ICRISAT)+.%0D%0AAl+l+rights+reserved.+Except+for+quotations+of+short+passages+for+the+purposes+of+criticism+and+review%2C+no+part+of+this+publication%0D%0Amay+be+reproduced%2C+stored+in+retrieval+systems%2C+or+transmitted%2C+in+any+form+or+by+any+means%2C+electronic%2C+mechanical%2C%0D%0Aphotocopying%2C+recording%2C+or+otherwise%2C+without+prior+permission+of+ICRISAT.+It+is+hoped+that+this+copyright+declaration+wi+l+l%0D%0Anot+diminish+the+bona+fide+use+of+its+research+findings+in+agricultural+research+and+development+in+or+for+the+tropics.%0D%0AThe+designations+employed+and+the+presentation+of+the+material+in+this+publication+do+not+impl+y+the+expression+of+any+opinion%0D%0Aof+the+material+in+this+publication+whatsoever+on+the+part+of+ICRISAT+concerning+the+legal+status+of+any+country%2C+territory%2C+city%2C%0D%0Aor+area%2C+or+of+its+authorities%2C+or+concerning+the+delimitation+of+its+frontiers+or+boundaries.+Where+trade+names+are+used+this+does%0D%0Anot+constitute+endorsement+of+or+discrimination+against+any+product+by+the+Institute.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=2000&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F1097%2F1%2FRA_00365.pdf&rft.identifier=++Kleih%2C+U+and+Ravi%2C+S+B+and+Rao%2C+B+D+and+Yoganand%2C+B++(2000)+Industrial+Utilization+of+Sorghum+in+India.++Monograph.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics.+++++