However, the current sugar production of the Ethiopian Sugar
Industry covers only 60% of the annual demand for domestic
consumption while the deficient is imported from abroad. In order to
make the country self sufficient in sugar and export the surplus sugar
and produce ethanol and other by-products, the Federal government
of Ethiopia is working to establish sugarcane plantation on 325,000 ha
in addition to the vast expansion project of the previously established
farms with erection of high crashing capacity 10 new sugar mills.
However, availability of adequate amount of quality disease free
planting materials of sugarcane within a short time is the major limiting
factor. In addition, the yield of the existing few and old commercial
cane varieties is declining sharply and some productive varieties were
obsolete due to lack of alternative technologies for disease cleansing
and rejuvenation. Moreover, commercialization of improved
introduced and adapted sugarcane varieties took several years through
the conventional propagation method, challenging the realization of
the intended plan through conventional propagation method.
However, the current sugar production of the Ethiopian SugarIndustry covers only 60% of the annual demand for domesticconsumption while the deficient is imported from abroad. In order tomake the country self sufficient in sugar and export the surplus sugarand produce ethanol and other by-products, the Federal governmentof Ethiopia is working to establish sugarcane plantation on 325,000 hain addition to the vast expansion project of the previously establishedfarms with erection of high crashing capacity 10 new sugar mills.However, availability of adequate amount of quality disease freeplanting materials of sugarcane within a short time is the major limitingfactor. In addition, the yield of the existing few and old commercialcane varieties is declining sharply and some productive varieties wereobsolete due to lack of alternative technologies for disease cleansingand rejuvenation. Moreover, commercialization of improvedintroduced and adapted sugarcane varieties took several years throughthe conventional propagation method, challenging the realization ofthe intended plan through conventional propagation method.
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