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PCAARRD funds project to boost rubber latex yield in Basilan
- Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=13&rid=895516
- Saturday, June 18, 2016
- (PNA), SCS/MCCA
MANILA (PNA) -- The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD), an attached agency of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), has funded a project that will boost the rubber latex yield in Basilan.
The "S&T Community-Based Farms (STCBF) on Promoting Rubber Plantations in the Province of Basilan, ARMM" is the first research and development (R&D) project of Basilan State College (BasSC).
It targets to increase the rubber latex yield by 1.92 metric tons dry rubber (DR)/hectare per year from the current yield of 1.28 metric tons DR/hectare per year.
PCAARRD said this can translate to a 50 percent increase in the farmers' income per hectare every year.
The project was approved through the request of DOST-Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Regional Secretary Myra Mangkabung Alih, who is also a rubber farmer.
Aside from providing farmers with rubber clones, the project will focus on the establishment of 0.5 hectare of nursery and 0.5 hectare of budwood and multiplication garden to propagate the seven NSIC recommended clones: the PB217, PB235, PB260, PB311, PB330, RRIM600, and USM1.
The nursery and garden will be under the care of BasSC–Lamitan City Campus. Also, model rubber farms will be established by farmer cooperators to showcase the best management practices that will be introduced by the project.
BasSC President Nasser Salain, Al-Haj committed to deliver the project's targets so that the province can realize its objective of providing farmers with high-yielding clones from the budwood garden and nursery.
According to the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries in the ARMM (DAF-ARMM), Basilan ranks as the third major producer of rubber in the country, with total production area of 45,308 hectares.
However, despite the large area for production, the average latex production is still below the national average of 1.28 metric tons per hectare per year.