relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/7338/
title: Tweaking national biofuel policy for promotion of sweet sorghum as alternate feedstock
creator: Basavaraj, G
creator: Rao, P P
creator: Ravinder Reddy, Ch
creator: Ashok Kumar, A
creator: Srinivasa Rao, P
creator: Reddy, B V S
subject: Sorghum
description: Energy is a critical input for economic growth and sustainable development in  both developed and developing countries. Globally, the energy requirement  for the transportation sector is met from fossil fuels that are non-renewable  and contribute to atmospheric pollution. However, the sharp rise in crude oil  prices from US$20 a barrel in 2002 to almost US$100 (even touching $140  before stabilizing at around $80) forced nations to seriously look for alternative  energy sources that are renewable and non-polluting. This trend of rising oil  prices is expected to continue in the face of their shrinking supplies and rising  demand. Secondly, growing concerns over human-induced climate change,  as evidenced by rising temperatures and environmental pollution is further  driving the impetus for non-polluting energy sources. One such source is  seed ethanol from plant biomass/grain and biodiesel from processing edible  and non-edible vegetable oils.
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/7338/1/ChapterXVI_Tweaking_201-218_2013.pdf
identifier:   Basavaraj, G and Rao, P P and Ravinder Reddy, Ch and Ashok Kumar, A and Srinivasa Rao, P and Reddy, B V S  (2013) Tweaking national biofuel policy for promotion of sweet sorghum as alternate feedstock.   In:  Developing a Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Value Chain.   International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India, pp. 201-218.  ISBN 978-92-9066-555-7