The Philippine will establish a research facility for the development of the local rubber industry.
The President of the Philippine, Mrs. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, on 13 May signed the Philippine Rubber Research Institue Act which will pave the way for the establishment of the Philippine Rubber Reasearh Institue (PRRI) which will be based at the Mindanao State University in Naga, Zamboanga de Sibugauy.
The PRRI will be under the supervision of the Department of Agriculture and is mandated to promote planting and propagation of rubber trees as source of latex or the raw material used in making rubber for industrial, automotive and other purposes.
It will also be tasked to ensure that both rubber producers and processors will have access to high-quality rubber tree seedlings, modern production techniques, and support services for production and marketing of rubber products, in addition to providing training, capacity-building programs, and initiating development projects to address technology and policy gap
Even though the Philippine rubber industry started at about the same time as that of its neighbours, Indonesia and Malaysia, some time in 1905, it has been lagging very far behind, contributing about 1% of the world consumption of rubber.
(Irco.biz)
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