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Leading the campaign for the propagation of jatropha in the country is Philippine National Oil Co.-Alternative Fuels Corp. (PNOC-AFC).

The corporation has tied up with the military to set up a 500-hectare nursery in Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija. In Mindanao, the corporation is looking at some 1.2 million hectares as its main hub for jatropha production.

Among the benefits of jatropha cultivation that government is trumpeting are the reduction in air pollution and the country’s dependence on imported crude oil, creation of jobs, and construction of roads, bridges and a refinery.

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