Gov’t studying use of corn as bioethanol feedstock

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MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) is weighing a proposal to allow corn as feedstock for bioethanol, a move seen to lower fuel prices and provide farmers with an alternative income source during lean seasons.

The PCAF said the National Sectoral Committees on Corn and on Livestock and Poultry had recently met to discuss amendments to a joint order allowing corn as one of the approved feedstocks for bioethanol production.

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Agriculture Assistant Secretary U-Nichols Manalo said, “We all know we are facing a fuel crisis, which is why we are again discussing the biofuel program.”