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contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@CGIAR.ORG
creators_name: Basavaraj, G
creators_name: Rao, P P
creators_name: Lalith, A
creators_name: Ravinder Reddy, Ch
icrisatcreators_name: Basavaraj, G
icrisatcreators_name: Rao, P P
icrisatcreators_name: Ravinder Reddy, Ch
affiliation: ICRISAT(Patancheru)
affiliation: Animal and Fisheries Sciences University(Hebbal)
country: India
title: Assessing competitiveness of sweet sorghum for ethanol production: A policy analysis matrix approach
ispublished: pub
subjects: s1.4
divisions: D4
crps: crp1.4
full_text_status: restricted
keywords: Biofuels, bio-ethanol, sweet sorghum, Maharashtra, PAM approach
abstract: The rising prices of fossil fuels and the concerns towards reduction in vehicular pollution have put pressure on the governments to look out for cleaner and renewable alternatives to meet the energy demand. Biofuels (bioethanol and biodiesel) have emerged as a promising alternative source of renewable energy in recent years. To promote biofuels, mandatory blending requirements of automotive fuels with bio-ethanol were introduced in India in 2003. However, the mandatory blending programme in India has not taken-off successfully due to unsustainable ethanol production, which is currently from molasses. Thus, there is a need to augment bioethanol production through promotion of alternative feedstocks to meet the blending mandates. One such alternative feedstock is sweet sorghum that has been pilot tested on farmers’ fields and its stalks are used to produce ethanol for commercial purpose (in small quantities). Using Policy Analysis Matrix framework, the study has assessed the competitiveness of cultivation of sweet sorghum as feedstock for ethanol production and has provided evidence based policy support for its promotion. The study has shown a significant potential in sweet sorghum cultivation in the rainfed agro-ecological regions of Maharashtra replacing sorghum even without any policy support
date: 2013
date_type: published
publication: Agricultural Economics Research Review
volume: 26
number: 1
publisher: Agricultural Economics Research Association (India)
pagerange: 31-40
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0971-3441
official_url: http://indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:aerr&volume=26&issue=1&article=003
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funders: National Agricultural Innovation Project, Common Fund for Commodities and European Union
citation:   Basavaraj, G and Rao, P P and Lalith, A and Ravinder Reddy, Ch  (2013) Assessing competitiveness of sweet sorghum for ethanol production: A policy analysis matrix approach.  Agricultural Economics Research Review, 26 (1).  pp. 31-40.  ISSN 0971-3441     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/6891/1/AERR_26_1_31-40_2013.pdf