Export Opportunities of Sorghum Consumer Industrial Products P

Export Opportunities of Sorghum Consumer & Industrial Products P. Srinivas Rao and Team E-mail: p. srinivasarao@cigar. org Consultative Meeting on Enhancing Exports of Sorghum & Sorghum Products from India 17 March 2015 ICRISAT, Hyderabad

Outline Ø Ø Ø Ø Multi-purpose crop Export market opportunities Industrial and consumer products Challenges Experiences of ICRISAT Key policies and initiatives Conclusions

Multi purpose sorghum Biofuel -Eco-friendly processing, less sulphur, high octane rating, automobile friendly Power -co-generation or biocompost and Raw material -pulp for paper Feed, silage -high biological value, rich in micronutrients Bio-phytoremediation -marginal/low fertile/degrded lands Industrial bioproducts- Dry ice, acetic acid, fusel oil and methane Industrial biochemicals-sugars, polyols, levulinic acid (LA) and furan derivatives, Butanol, lactic acid, acetic acid and beverages Lignin-based co-products- Xylose, glucose, acetic acid and furfural Renewable biopolymers, adhesives, resins, phenolic-based chemicals, vanillin, bio-oils, bio-char

Typical composition of sorghum and sweet sorghum grain

Export opportunities Feed use Commercial production and processing Readily available technologies Fodder Domestic/ international prices Govt policies Sharp increase in the demand Export market opportunities Rising incomes and rapid urbanization

Sorghum biomass/ grain Bioenergy Bioethanol Biobutanol Biohydrogen Food Pharmaceuticals Snacks Beverages Xylooligosaccahrides Ting Beer Lactic acid Sorghum tea Mahewu- non alcoholic beer Protein concentrate Roasted seed beverage Bread pan cake Grist red bridge beer Animal feed Flour egg noodles Hulu mur beer Antioxidants (3 - deoxy antho cyanidinies) Antimicrobials (Phenols) Lipids Anti cancer (Retrodehydrochalcons) Silver gold nano particles Syrup Phytochemicals Antidiabetic Other products Protien biofilm Thermo plastics

Products from sorghum biomass Product Bio/Ethanol Acetone Butanol Bio/Hydrogen Lactic acid Lipids Methane Enzymes -Cellulases, xylanases Microorganism Saccharomyces cerevisiae Bacillus acetobutylicum Clostridium acetobutylicum Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus Ruminococcusalbus Clostridia spp. Lactobacillus delbruckii Lactobacillus paracasei Lactobacillus plantarum Chlorella protothecoides Mortierellaisabellina Cryptococcus curvatus Schizochytriumlimacinum Ubiquitous microflora Trichoderma sp. Aspergillussp.

Profitable and increase in farm productivity Developme nt in agroprocessing Quality of the raw material Secure production and ensure technology adoption Capital and assets constraints Marketing channels Market integration Liquidity constraints Lack of accessible credit High weather and market risks High variability in surplus production Processing Lack of input use Traditional and minimum input production techniques Quality seed for cultivation Accessing inputs Cultivation in marginal and or unproduct ive lands Significant ly lower yield than potential Input markets Production Challenges

Experience of ICRISAT in Sorghum Consumer & Industrial Products 1. Genetic enhancement • ICRISAT–public sector • ICRISAT–private sector 2. Technology Collaborations • ICRISAT-Industry (ABI) • Start-up and stand-alone industries • Distilleries • Sugarcane-based industries • Public sector industry

Partnerships for the poor ICRISAT, Rusni Distilleries & TCL tie-up through ABI

Processing sweet sorghum in the Philippines San Carlos Bio-Energy Inc, Negros Occidental

Bapamin enterprises- Philippines

Consumer products Vinegar Food delicacies

Key policies and initiatives • Cereal market liberalization and renewed policy support • Trans-border trade and the necessity to remove its barriers • Critical role of producer organizations as a market agency

Conclusions Ø Competition between food and energy crops varied Ø Industrial product development offers both opportunities and risks Ø Multi-feedstock based industries with diverse product portfolio Ø Production and consumption pattern influence international agricultural commodity prices

Together, we can lead dryland farmers to resiliency and prosperity! ICRISAT is a member of the CGIAR Consortium