Sweet Sorghum - An alternative energy crop for biofuel production in semi-arid and temperate regions

The Sweet Fuel partnership comprises 10 partners from research,Academia and industry. Partners are based in Europe, India,Brazil, SOUTH AFRICA and Mexico.SWEETFUEL aims to breed sweet sorghum varieties better adapted to temperate region and semi arid tropics, for bio-ethanol production. To attain that goal, SWEETFUEL includes a major breeding effort, split into 3 work packages according to target