AgSur stakeholders join 1st Southeast Asia Rubber-Based Cropping
Production Forum
BUTUAN
CITY -- Rubber farmers, researchers, students, and other rubber industry
stakeholders from all over Southeast Asia converge recently for the 1st
Southeast Asia Rubber Based Cropping Production Forum via Zoom platform.
The forum
was hosted by the province of Agusan del Sur in coordination with the
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
Said forum
was anchored on the theme "Sustainable Rubber-based Farming Systems in
Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities for Research, Development and
Extension for Empowering Small-hold Farmers."
Keynote
Speaker Department of Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar said that the
Philippine Rubber Industry has massive potential for growth and its development
is among the most far-reaching investments the Philippine Government can make
in the bid to promote equitable prosperity across the islands.
The forum served as an avenue for rubber industry stakeholders to learn and also to share technologies on rubber production. Currently, there are 700 attendees to the forum. (DA-RFO XIII, RAFIS/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
