Comments on: waging a revolution

By: frankahilario

frankahilario — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:04:43 +0000

As of now, what we have in the Philippines are varietal trials, as scientists try to find out the best (highest yielder) for each region and the best overall. It will take at least another year before we can see a ‘commercial’ sweet sorghum plantation producing ethanol. If you’re in a hurry to see for yourself not only the potential but the actual performance of sweet sorghum, if you have the money, go visit ICRISAT in Patancheru, India and you will see Rusni Distillery and thousands of Indian farmers doing what we Filipinos are still dreaming of, brought to the world courtesy of ICRISAT and the Rusni investor. But you know what? ICRISAT Director General William Dar says sweet sorghum in the Philippines yields twice more than it does in India – how’s that for promise?

By: Bernardino E. Caisido, Jr.

Bernardino E. Caisido, Jr. — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:22:15 +0000

Dear Mr. HIlario,
I have read your other writeups on sweet sorghum, and I agree with your passion over this “sweetheart” crop.
I wonder if you know of any farm in the Phil that we can say is of commercial size for this crop. Almost all that I have read about seems to be of trial sizes, like the one in Ilocos, in Bicol ane the one in Negros Oriental; am I right?
I wish that this crop would be THE crop for fuel ethanol…
Best of luck.
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By: Suzanne Langley

Suzanne Langley — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:05:55 +0000

I have visited this site on many an occasion now but this post is the 1st one that I have ever commented on.

Congratulations on such a fine article and site I have found it very helpful and informative – I only wish that there were more out there like this one.

I never leave empty handed, sometimes I may even be a little disappointed that I may not agree with a post or reply that has been made. But hey! that is life and if every one agreed on the same thing what a boring old world we would live in.

Keep up the good work and cheers.