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Sweet Sorghum : an alternative energy crop
Start date:2009-01-01
End date:2013-12-31
Project Acronym:SWEETFUEL
Project status:Execution
Coordinator
| Organization name:CENTRE DE COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL EN RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Daniel |
Rue Scheffer PARIS FRANCE Region:ÎLE DE FRANCE Ile de France Paris |
| Tel:+33-467-615512 | |
| Fax:+33-467-614455 | |
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| URL:http://www.cirad.fr | Organization Type: |
Description
Objective:
Increasing world market prices for fossil fuels, driven by limited reserves, growing demand and instability in producing regions, now render renewable fuels economical. Such fuels are also a pathway to reducing GHG emissions and mitigating climate change. Bio-ethanol from crop plants is a promising, partial solution to sustainably satisfy the energy demand for road transport. The success of bio-ethanol from sugarcane in Brazil demonstrates proof of concept but cannot be transferred to water-limited or temperate environments.
Sweet sorghum, as a source of either fermentable free sugars or lignocellulosics, has many potential advantages, including: high water, nitrogen and radiation use efficiency; broad agro-ecological adaptation; rich genetic diversity for useful traits; and the potential to produce fuel feedstock, food and feed in various combinations. Fuel-food crops can thereby help reconciling energy and food security issues. This project will breed for improved cultivars and hybrids of sorghum for temperate, tropical semi-arid and tropical acid-soil environments by pyramiding in various combinations, depending on region and ideotype, tolerance to cold, drought and acid (Al-toxic) soils; and high production of stalk sugars, easily digestible biomass and grain (WP 1-3).
Molecular-genetic and physiological breeding support is given by WP4, and agro-ecological adaptation and sustainable practices are developed by WP5. Other WPs (6, 7, 8) provide for integrated technology and impact assessments including economics, dissemination and coordination. The Consortium is composed of 10 members from France (leader), Italy, Germany, Brazil, India, Mexico and South Africa, including a seed company. Research involves structured participation of stake holders, including policy makers. Project outcomes will be new germplasm, sustainable practices and commodity chain concepts adapted to each target region. The duration of the project is 5 years.
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Project Details
Start date:2009-01-01
End date:2013-12-31
Duration:60 months
Project Reference:227422
Project cost:5117737 EURO
Project Funding:2967975 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP7-KBBE
Programme type:Seventh Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Sweet sorghum - An alternative energy crop for biofuel production in semi-arid and temperate regions - SICA (Latin America, South Africa, India)
Contract type:Collaborative project for specific cooperation actions dedicated to international cooperation partner countries (SICA)
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Subject index:Agriculture
Other Indexes:sustainability,breeding,sweet sorghum,bio-ethanol,cold adaptation,drought and poor soils adaptation,fuel-food crop
Results for this Project
| Periodic Report Summary - SWEETFUEL (Sweet Sorghum : an alternative energy crop) | 17/01/2011 |
| Periodic Report Summary 2 - SWEETFUEL (Sweet sorghum: An alternative energy crop) | 12/12/2012 |
Documents for this Project
| Periodic Report - SWEETFUEL (Sweet Sorghum : an alternative energy crop) | 12/04/2012 |
Other participants
| Organization name:IFEU - INSTITUT FUER ENERGIE- UND UMWELTFORSCHUNG HEIDELBERG GMBH | |
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Name:Guido |
Wilckensstrasse HEIDELBERG DEUTSCHLAND Region:BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG KARLSRUHE Heidelberg, Stadtkreis |
| Tel:+49-6221476731 | |
| Fax:+49-6221476719 | |
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| URL:http://www.ifeu.de | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:WIRTSCHAFT UND INFRASTRUKTUR GMBH & CO PLANUNGS KG | |
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Name:Christine |
SYLVENSTEINSTRASSE MUENCHEN DEUTSCHLAND Region:BAYERN OBERBAYERN München, Kreisfreie Stadt |
| Tel:+49-8972012719 | |
| Fax:+49-8972012791 | |
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| URL:http://www.wip-munich.de | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA | |
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Name:Andrea |
Via Zamboni BOLOGNA ITALIA Region:EMILIA-ROMAGNA Bologna |
| Tel:+39-3479709397 | |
| Fax:+39-0512096241 | |
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| URL:http://www.unibo.it | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI-ARID TROPICS | |
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Name:Rajesh |
ANDHRA PRADESH INDIA Region: |
| Tel:+91-4030713071 | |
| Fax:+91-4030713074 | |
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| URL:http://www.icrisat.org | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA | |
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Name:Robert |
Parque Estacao Biologica - PqEB s/n 451 BRASILIA BRAZIL Region: |
| Tel:+55-31-37791076 | |
| Fax:+55-31-37791088 | |
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| URL:http://www.embrapa.br | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:UNIVERSITA CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE | |
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Name:Libero |
Largo Agostino Gemelli MILANO ITALIA Region:LOMBARDIA |
| Tel:+39-0523599122 | |
| Fax:+39-0523599124 | |
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| URL:http://www.unicattolica.it | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (ARC) | |
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Name:Piet |
1134 Park Street, Hatfield 8783 PRETORIA SOUTH AFRICA Region: |
| Tel:+27-182996215 | |
| Fax:+27-182930682 | |
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| URL:http://www.arc.agric.za | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:KWS SAAT AG | |
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Name:Robert |
Grimsehlstrasse EINBECK DEUTSCHLAND Region:NIEDERSACHSEN BRAUNSCHWEIG Osterode am Harz |
| Tel:+49-5561311351 | |
| Fax:+49-5561311540 | |
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| URL:http://www.kws.com | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE NUEVO LEON | |
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Name:Nora Luisa |
Av. Universidad SAN NICOLAS DE LOS GARZA MEXICO Region: |
| Tel:+52-8183294032 | |
| Fax:+52-8183764071 | |
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