Objective THIS INVESTIGATION WILL BE DEALING WITH THE STUDY OF THE ENTIRE PROCESS OF THE USE OF SWEET SORGHUM, STARING FROM AGRICULTURAL TECHNIQUES AND EXAMINING THE INTERMEDIATE STAGES UP TO THE FINAL CONVERSION INTO ETHANOL. IN PARTICULAR THE ACTUAL STATE-OF-THE-ART, THE PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMS AND DEVELOPMENT FORECAST WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. IN THIS INVESTIGATION ITABIA 'S MEMBERS AND PUBLIC - PRIVATE BODIES WILL BE INVOLVED. THE PROJECT WILL INVOLVE FIRST OF ALL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH, FOLLOWED BY AGROCHEMICAL ANALYSES, A COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTATIONS AND INTERVIEWS WITH TECHNICIANS SPECIALISING IN THIS FIELD. IN THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION THE MOST INTERESTING RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH WILL BE COLLECTED AND SUBMITTED TO THE CEC DG XII. Fields of science natural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryalcohols Programme(s) FP1-ENNONUC 3C - Research and development programme (EEC) in the field of Non-Nuclear Energy, 1985-1988 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Italian Biomass Association Address Via archimede 161 00197 Roma Italy See on map EU contribution € 0,00