The AFC recently surveyed about 700,000 hectares around Cagayan de Oro City as suitable for jatropha. Another 15 million hectares, half of the Philippine territory, are denuded forests. Abaya notes that since jatropha can grow on slopes and needs low maintenance, it can be used to reforest mountains.
Halos anim na milyon ektarya ang bakante sa Pilipinas, at 15 milyon ektarya ng gubat ang kalbo na, ani AFC president Peter Anthony Abaya. Mag tanim du’n ng jatropha trees, payo niya, at mabubuhay na ito sa seasonal rains.