Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry: Possibility of making biofuel of potatoes studied in Ukraine
2011-05-10 09:55:23
The Food Industry Department of the Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry jointly with the Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine studies possibility of making biofuel of potatoes, Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk informed.
"The potato growing sector will be involved in making biofuel for national agricultural producers. Presently, scientists have been preparing calculations of the economic advisability of such production. A new technology will enable providing agricultural producers with fuel made in Ukraine," Mykola Prysiazhniuk noted, Media Liaisons Department of the Cabinet's Secretariat informed.
According to the Minister, today Ukrainians use 6 million tons of potatoes with its production amounting to 19-20 million tons. "Out of these, 5 million tons is laid down for the seed fund, the rest is sent to the waste and is fed to pigs and other cattle. Such consumption of potatoes is absolutely ineffective," Mykola Prysiazhniuk said.