Links
The links presented below provide information on sweet sorghum as promising alternative energy crop.
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European Community for Sweet Sorghum & Ethanol
project supported by the Community Programme "Intelligent Energy for Europe (IEE) |
http://esse-community.eu/ |
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Sweethanol
this project is realised with the financial support of the Community Programme "Intelligent Energy for Europe (IEE)" and aims at identifying a sustainable EU model for bioethanol production |
http://www.sweethanol.eu/ |
| “National Sweet Sorghum Producers & Processors Association ”, USA, provides FAQs on sweet sorghum and other background information. | http://nssppa.org/Home_Page.html
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| “Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Association “, USA, presents recent news on sweet sorghum research results and other topics regarding ethanol production from sweet sorghum. | http://www.sseassociation.org/
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| “Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) ” is an NGO and non-profit research and development institute from India performing research on sweet sorghum hybrids. | http://www.nariphaltan.org/nari/technology_agri_2.php
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| “Technology and Support Centre Bavaria “, Germany, is working on a research project titled “Ethanol from sweet sorghum - Overall Concept for Sustainable Utilisation of Sweet Sorghum as a raw material for ethanol production”. | http://www.tfz.bayern.de/sonstiges/16411/mb_k_hb_zuhirol_kurzbeschreibung.pdf
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| “University of Nebraska ”, USA, presents results on its research targeting the improvement of sweet sorghum’s yield potential as an ethanol feedstock. | http://agronomy.unl.edu/sweetsorghum
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| The multi-national “European community for sweet sorghum and ethanol ” provides information on recent events and articles targeting sweet sorghum. |
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| “Agropedia ” presents detailed information on sweet sorghum cultivation including climate and soil requirements, seed rate, sowing, fertilizer application, crop protection, harvesting and sweet sorghum varieties. | http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/?q=content/cultivation-sweet-sorghum |
| “Pampanga Agricultural College ”, Philippines presents the final report on its initiatives in promoting and commercializing the utilization of sweet sorghum as human food, animal feed and biofuel. | http://www.issaas.org/journal/v16/01/journal-issaas-v16n1-02-soriano.pdf
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| An article from the “Philippine Department of Agriculture ” points out promising advantages of sweet sorghum with respect to other energy and food crops. | http://car.da.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=231:sweet-sorghum-survival-food-crop-of-choice-in-the-future&catid=45:1st-quarter-press-release2010&Itemid=156 |
| The online information exchange portal “Biofuel Information ” of the Philippine Bureau of Agricultural Research presents facts and information on various topics targeting sweet sorghum. | http://www.bar.gov.ph/biofuelsinfo/bioethanol/sweetsorghum.asp
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| The “Agricultural Utilization Research Institute ”, USA, published an article on a farmer, who built his own sweet sorghum ethanol demonstration plant. | http://www.auri.org/agnews-section.php?sid=177&agnid=61
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| “Agrifuels ” presents a list of known sweet sorghum renewable energy projects. | http://agrifuels.com.au/OtherSweetSorghumBiofuelProjects.htm |
| Detailed report on sweet sorghum published by “EcoPort ” as result of the FAO Project TCP/CPR/0066 “Development of Sweet Sorghum for Grain, Sugar, Feed, Fiber, and Value-Added By-products, in the Arid, Saline-Alkaline Regions”. | http://ecoport.org/ep?SearchType=earticleView&earticleId=172&page=-2
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