Breeding sorghum in South Africa could be breakthrough for biofuels

In South Africa, a breakthrough by the African Centre for Crop Improvement in the breeding of sorghum could have far-reaching implications for the biofuel and bioplastic industries in South Africa. With funding from Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), which is based in South Africa’s Department of Science and Technology (DST), Laing has been working on how to produce year-round feedstock on an industrial scale, by rotating sorghum and sugar beet.

To make the plan come to life the ACCI has been working with eThala Biofuels, a company that is trying to secure funding to establish a factory to produce biofuels.