Potential of Bioethanol Production from Sweet Sorghum in the Philippines: An Income Analyses for Farmers and Distilleries

Sugar Tech

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 225-231

  Demafelis, Rex B ^a   Baticados, El Jirie N ^a   Hourani, Klarenz A ^a   Tongko, Bernadette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Distillery profit; Farmer's net income; Fermentation; Sweet sorghum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881025214     PISSN: 09721525     EISSN: 09740740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12355-013-0239-4     Document Type: Article

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