GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines (PNA) – The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allocated some P10 million for the establishment of a rubber nursery in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato within this year.
Rep. Daisy Avance-Fuentes (2nd District, South Cotabato) said the planned establishment of the rub- ber nursery in Barangay Ned, Lake Sebu, is part of their ongoing efforts to further develop the emerging rubber industry in the province.
She said the rubber nursery was projected to cater to some 10,000 hectares of hilly and idle lands that were earlier identified as suitable for the plantation crop.
“It was designed to further open more job opportunities for local plan- tation workers, tappers, and proces- sors in the municipalities of Suralah and T'boli,” she said.
Fuentes said DA specifically recommended Lake Sebu as the site for the rubber nursery because of the areas’ suitability for the opening of new rubber plantations.
Presently, most of the rubber plan- tation areas in Mindanao are located in the provinces of Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao, and North Cotabato.
DA is targeting to produce some 31.8 million tons of rubber products by the year 2020 as part of its ongoing rubber development program.
Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/319684/p10m-rubber-nursery-cotabato
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