E-vehicles and crop alternatives such as cassava can mitigatein petroleum and wheat caused by the Ukraine crisis, according to the Department of Science and Technology .
DoST has also developed hybrid trimaran trains or sea trains, to be launched this June, that convert wave energy to mechanical energy, thus reducing fuel consumption., and General Santos City, South Cotabato. Meanwhile, cassava and sweet potato were identified as viable crop alternatives to wheat because they are easier to produce in large quantities, according to Reynaldo V. Ebora, executive director of DOST’s Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development .