“Our success in this venture on rubber is in our hands. We must keep (knowledge learned) it in our mind and heart, and apply it.” Mr. Daniel Obice urged his co-participants during the Training on Rubber Tapping Management & Budding Propagation Techniques.

Obice is one of the twenty-five (25) rubber farmers and Agriculture Technicians who participated in the training. The participants are from the different municipalities of Bukidnon to wit: Malaybalay City, Maramag, Valencia City, Kitaotao, Kibawe, Don Carlos and Dangcagan.

This training aims to enhance the knowledge and skill of the participants in the cultural management of rubber production. It further targets to ready the rubber industry in the province to widen opportunities and boost their marketing capacities.

As part of the highlighted activities, participants visited a rubber plantation, and a processing plant in Musuan, Maramag, Bukidnon inside Central Mindanao University Campus. They were able to have the hands-on demonstration of eye-budding propagation, rubber tapping, and latex harvesting.

According to Department of Agriculture Regional Field Unit -10, local producers of rubber wood has great potential to meet the demands of the local market. The Philippines has large ideal lands for rubber, and Bukidnon is just one of the provinces in the country which has a favorable weather conditions and huge potential zones for growing rubber.

Supply of rubber woods used for rubber expansions in the region was bought from neighboring provinces like Cotabato and Zamboanga. In Valencia City, the Valencia Rubbertex Incorporated were able Japan (with reports from Moisa Nina Catiil).

The training was held at Philippine Carabao Center(PCC), Musuan, Maramag, Bukidnon on September 18-20, 2017.