relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/7335/
title: Economics of sweet sorghum feedstock production for bioethanol
creator: Rao, P P
creator: Basavaraj, G
creator: Basu, K
creator: Ravinder Reddy, Ch
creator: Ashok Kumar, A
creator: Reddy, B V S
subject: Sorghum
subject: Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
description: Sweet sorghum is similar to grain sorghum but possesses sugar-rich stalks,  with higher juice content. Because of its rapid growth, high sugar accumulation,  high biomass production potential and wider adapt ability, sweet sorghum can  be grown in different agro-climatic conditions. The sugar content in the juice  extracted from sweet sorghum varies from 16-23% Brix. It has good potential  for jaggery and syrup production besides ethanol. The grain can be used  as food and the bagasse after extraction of juice from stalks is an excellent  livestock feed. The potential food vs. fuel conflict from the diversion of crop  land for cultivation of ‘bioethanol’ crops does not arise with sweet sorghum as  it meets the multiple requirements the food, fuel and fodder.
publisher: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
date: 2013
type: Book Section
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/7335/1/ChapterVII_Economics_99-109_2013.pdf
identifier:   Rao, P P and Basavaraj, G and Basu, K and Ravinder Reddy, Ch and Ashok Kumar, A and Reddy, B V S  (2013) Economics of sweet sorghum feedstock production for bioethanol.   In:  Developing a Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Value Chain.   International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India, pp. 99-109.  ISBN 978-92-9066-555-7