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Article: Sorsogon pushes cassava production for bio-ethanol.
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- Philippines News Agency
- Article date:
- June 30, 2009
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By Danny O. Calleja
CASTILLA, Sorsogon, June 30 (PNA) --- The viability of cassava as source of bio-ethanol has been determined and Sorsogon province is a good prospect for a massive production of this lowly root crop, Vice-Governor Renato Laurinaria said here Tuesday.
"If cassava is becoming an important bio-fuel crop in other countries with more advanced national programs for bio-fuel production, our soils are also capable of large-scale production of the crop not only for food, livestock feeds but mainly for bio-ethanol," he stressed.
Sorsogon had a vast agricultural land area both in the upland and lowland that is generally suited for ...