Potential of Biofuel Crop Production in the Philippines: A Preliminary Analysis

This paper examines the potential of biofuel crop production in the Philippines, in which the renewed interest in biofuel is reshaping the energy policies. The analyses presented here rely mainly on secondary data. Some of its salient findings point to strong public and private efforts to promote biofuels in the Philippines, sugarcane as a more feasible energy crop for bioetha nol than corn and cassava, and coconut as a viable option for biodiesel. It