RP to host international conference on biofuels

The Philippines is the venue of an international conference on biofuels set to be held on Oct. 7-8.

To focus on “Biofuels Development in Southeast and East Asia: Policy Issues and Research Agenda,” the two-day, top-level conference will be held at the Renaissance Hotel in Makati City.

Sponsors are the government-hosted, Los Baños-based Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization-Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEAMEO SEARCA) and Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy (CCAP), together with the International Development Research Center (IDRC) of Canada and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

The conference will be convened in the face of rising concerns over energy security and the environment, with governments in developed and developing countries aggressively encouraging biofuel production.