Results of the research and development study conducted by the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) are now available to the public.

The International Society for Southeast Asian Agricultural Sciences was the one who conducted the study and according to them, cassava proved to be a low-maintenance crop. It also has a high starch-to-sugar conversion ratio. This means that feedstock from cassava can be produced at cheaper costs. It also has high feedstock yield levels that makes ethanol yield from cassava comparably better to those from sugarcane or sweet sorghum. The only downside of this is that cassava can be the most expensive among the major feedstock. However, this is dependent on the current prices of tubers or derived products.

The feasibility study on sweet sorghum likewise indicated several advantages should this crop be used for bioethanol production. Presently, sweet sorghum is not very popular yet but already, it is considered as one of the most important cereal crops since it is a very viable source of human and animal food. It also possesses several characteristics that make it more advantageous as bioethanol feedstock than sugarcane.  It is drought-resistant, it can survive flooding, it has higher yield, higher sugar content and is produced at lower costs.

In order to test the suitability of sweet sorghum in the country, BAR funded adaptability trials on the said crop. This has been done in different regions nationwide, starting in 2007. By far, the completed projects in regions 4-A, 5, and 6 indicate that sweet sorghum is able to adapt well to the Philippine conditions. The adaptability trials in other remaining regions are still ongoing. Their progresses are closely-monitored by BAR.