Sweet sorghum growing domains: Potential for up-scaling
2013
Rao, P P | Bhagavatula, S | Basavaraj, G | Ravinder Reddy, Ch | Reddy, B V S
Sweet sorghum cultivation as part of the NAIP-ICAR sub-project on the sweet sorghum to ethanol value chain was being pilot tested in Medak district of Andhra Pradesh (Map 1). Preliminary analysis of farm-level data from the project sites indicate that sweet sorghum is a commercially viable crop and is able to compete with other dryland crops such as grain sorghum, sorghum and pigeonpea intercrop and maize. One of the challenges before and after the completion of the project is up-scaling of sweet sorghum production to larger areas to make a viable alternative complement as feedstock for ethanol production. In this chapter we examine potential areas where sweet sorghum cultivation can be taken up in India. This is of course, subject to the establishment of a distillery in close proximity (50-100 kms from the farms).
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