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Sweet sorghum as a biofuel crop where are we now

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Title Sweet sorghum as a biofuel crop where are we now
 
Creator Sharma, K K
Reddy, B V S
Rao, P S
Ashok Kumar, A
Reddy, P S
Rao, P P
Blummel, M
Ravinder Reddy, Ch
 
Subject Sorghum
 
Description Agriculture and energy have always been linked closely, but the strength of the relationship has significantly increased in recent years. Agriculture has always been a
source of fuels for energy production such as feed for draught animals and, more recently juice for biofuels, e.g., bioethanol (blended with fossil fuels) or biodiesel.Energy supplied by fossil fuels is a major input into modern mechanized crop production. Economic,
environmental and energy security concerns resulting from excessive reliance on fossil fuels like petroleum are forcing countries throughout the world over to shift to
alternatives like biofuels. Since biofuels can be produced from a diverse set of crops, each country is adopting a strategy that exploits the comparative advantages it holds with respect to such crops. For example, sugarcane and maize are the main feedstock for ethanol in Brazil and US respectively, while rapeseed in Europe, and palm oil in
Malaysia are the main feedstocks for biodiesel. The Government of India (GoI) has formulated a national policy on biofuels aiming to achieve a target of 20% blending of
petrol and diesel by 2017. Besides reducing the dependence on imported fossil fuels, the policy aims to generate several other benefits like employment for the rural poor,
regeneration of wastelands, reduction of emissions resulting from energy use that can lead to positive economic and environmental consequences. Similar, biofuel policies have also been formulated by several countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas (Parthasarathy and Bantilan 2007).
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
 
Date 2009
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/3613/1/Sweet_sorghum_as_a_biofuel_crop_where_are_we_now.pdf
Sharma, K K and Reddy, B V S and Rao, P S and Ashok Kumar, A and Reddy, P S and Rao, P P and Blummel, M and Ravinder Reddy, Ch (2009) Sweet sorghum as a biofuel crop where are we now. In: Sixth Winrock International Workshop on Biofuels.