ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — Basilan has been placed under a state of calamity due to a disease affecting rubber tree plantations in the province. The Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved a resolution ...

Cotabato Governor Emmylou Talino-Mendoza says her order is meant to protect the province's more than a P1-billion rubber industry from the destructive tree fungal disease GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines – ...

LAMITAN CITY, Basilan, Philippines — Agriculture officials in Basilan have expressed alarm over a disease infecting rubber trees in the province which, if left unchecked, could threaten 50,000 ...

The Pestalotiopsis attack affects around 90% of the rubber trees in Basilan’s nine municipalities and two cities BASILAN, Philippines – The provincial government on Monday, January 23, declared the ...

KIDAPAWAN CITY, Cotabato, Philippines — Thousands of rubber tree planters in Cotabato province are now experiencing losses following the “wintering season” that is common every first quarter of the ...

Farmers can tap into the earning potential of rubber. Native to the rainforests of the Amazon in South America, these trees are generally found in low-altitude, wetlands, riparian zones, forest gaps ...