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The National Food Authority was created by President Ferdinand Marcos through Presidential Decree No. 4 dated September 26, 1972, under the name National Grains Authority (NGA) with the mission of promoting the integrated growth and development of the grains industry covering rice, corn, feed grains and other grains like sorghum, mung beans, and peanuts. [1]
Corn/maize is the second most important crop in the Philippines. 600,000 farm households are employed in different businesses in the corn value chain. As of 2012 [update] , around 2.594 million hectares (6.41 × 10 ^ 6 acres) of land is under corn cultivation and the total production was 7.408 million metric tons (8.166 × 10 ^ 6 short tons ...
One major drawback with corn ethanol, is the energy returned on energy invested , meaning the energy outputted in comparison to the energy required to output that energy. Compared to oil, with an 11:1 EROI, corn ethanol has a much lower EROI of 1.5:1, which, in turn, also provides less mileage per gallon compared to gasoline. [7]
Corn is an important staple food for the world, especially for the Philippines, being the primary crop for 20% of the population. [17] In the Philippine epidemic from 1974 to 1975, Philippine downy mildew cost the nation 8% of the total yield , accounting to 205,470 metric tons, or $22,601,700. [ 11 ]
During the 2008 financial crisis corn prices, fell 50% from their July 2008 high by October 2008, in tandem with other commodities, including oil, while corn ethanol production continued unabated. "Analysts, including some in the ethanol sector, say ethanol demand adds about 75 cents to $1.00 per bushel to the price of corn, as a rule of thumb.
Multicoloured kernels on a single corn cob. Corn kernels are the fruits of maize. Maize is a grain, and the kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable or a source of starch. The kernels can be of various colors: blackish, bluish-gray, purple, green, red, white and yellow. The kernel of maize consists of a pericarp (fruit wall) fused to the seed ...
Corn nuts, [1] also known as toasted corn, [2] are a snack food made of roasted or deep-fried corn kernels. It is referred to as cancha in Peru , chulpi in Ecuador , and cornick in the Philippines .
Alcohol and gasoline prices per liter at Rio de Janeiro (left) and São Paulo (right), corresponding to a price ratio of E100 ethanol to E25 gasoline of 0.64 and 0.56 Historical variation of ethanol production by region from 1990/91 to 2006/07 (harvest year). [87]