eprintid: 7335
rev_number: 12
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datestamp: 2014-01-20 06:55:10
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type: book_section
metadata_visibility: show
contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@cgiar.org
creators_name: Rao, P P
creators_name: Basavaraj, G
creators_name: Basu, K
creators_name: Ravinder Reddy, Ch
creators_name: Ashok Kumar, A
creators_name: Reddy, B V S
icrisatcreators_name: Rao, P P
icrisatcreators_name: Basavaraj, G
icrisatcreators_name: Basu, K
icrisatcreators_name: Ravinder Reddy, Ch
icrisatcreators_name: Ashok Kumar, A
icrisatcreators_name: Reddy, B V S
affiliation: ICRISAT(Patancheru)
country: India
title: Economics of sweet sorghum feedstock production for bioethanol
ispublished: pub
subjects: s1.4
subjects: s2.4
divisions: D4
crps: crp1.4
full_text_status: public
keywords: Sweet sorghum, Feedstock production, Bioethanol
abstract: 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.
date: 2013
date_type: published
publisher: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
place_of_pub: Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India
pagerange: 99-109
pages: 240
refereed: TRUE
isbn: 978-92-9066-555-7
book_title: Developing a Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Value Chain
related_url_url: http://scholar.google.co.in/scholar?q=allintitle%3A+%22Economics+of+sweet+sorghum+feedstock+production+for+bioethanol%22&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5
related_url_type: pub
citation:   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     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/7335/1/ChapterVII_Economics_99-109_2013.pdf