ETHANOL PRODUCTION POTENTIAL IN MILLETS

D.A. SHINDE¹*, S.V. KARANJE², S.S. GODASE³, M.A. JADHAV^4
1Agricultural Development Trust, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Baramati, Pune, 413115, Maharashtra, India
²Agricultural Development Trust, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Baramati, Pune, 413115, Maharashtra, India
³Agricultural Development Trust, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Baramati, Pune, 413115, Maharashtra, India
⁴Agricultural Development Trust, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Baramati, Pune, 413115, Maharashtra, India
* Corresponding Author : dheeraj.shinde@adtbaramati.com

Received : 04-09-2023     Accepted : 28-10-2023     Published : 30-10-2023
Volume : 15     Issue : 10       Pages : 12681 - 12684
Int J Agr Sci 15.10 (2023):12681-12684

Keywords : Millets, Biofuel, Nutrition, Millet Husk
Academic Editor : Dr Suresh Kondumahanthi, Darusha Witharana
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Agricultural Development Trust, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Baramati, Pune, 413115, Maharashtra, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Recently in February 2023 the "Roadmap for Ethanol Blending in India 2020-25" laid out an annual plan to increase domestic ethanol production in line with target of the amended National Policy on Biofuels (2018) as well as with its Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme to reach a blending of 20% of ethanol in petrol (E20) by 2025/26. In addition to this Government of India (GOI) has planned to introduce Ethanol operated vehicle till the end of August 2023. So, there is indeed a need of finding different ways of ethanol production. At the same time GOI is celebrating 2023 as International Millet Year by implicating different GOI, policies to promote millets. Moreover, after COVID-19 humanity is in search of gluten-free diet. So, in this context, millets a group of single seed plants particularly belonging to the Poaceae or Gramineae family emerged as best nutritious crops and an excellent bio-ethanol producers. Different studies in last decades specified that millets can be effectively utilized for ethanol production with limited supply of input in water scarcity areas. Studies reveal that few types of millet such as Sorghum (Sweet Sorghum, Grain Sorghum, Fodder Sorghum), Pearl millet, Finger millet, Proso millet, foxtail millet, Barnyard millet and Little millet and husk of millets have good potential to become a component crop for high ethanol production. In present study ethanol production capacity from different millet are reviewed. It can be concluded that there is need of more research and development in all millet groups along with capacity building for development of processing distilleries. This will ensure income as well as nutrition of farmers leading to sustainability

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