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For the first time this June, a group of high-school students in Zamboanga Sibugay will be learning how to grow, plant and harvest the sap of rubber trees—the most important crop in their province.

For the first time this June, a group of high-school students in Zamboanga Sibugay will be learning how to grow, plant and harvest the sap of rubber trees—the most important crop in their province.

The task of teaching the rubber-production course may seem daunting, but teacher Elsa Vendiola is confident she will be able to teach the subject well, thanks to a recent training she had.

Organized by the Departmemnt of Science and Technology-Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI), the training was designed to teach four competencies: establish a rubber budwood and seedlings nursery, plant rubber trees and seedlings, budding operation and harvest latex.

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