Technical and financial aspects of clonally propagated rubber planting stock for rubber agroforestry in Mindanao

摘要

Recently there has been a rapid increase in the area of rubber agroforestry established in Mindanao in the Philippines, in response to high international rubber prices and the production deficit in the Philippines. A critical requirement for plantation development is the availability of high quality planting material, and in particular clonal budstock of new varieties including those suited to upland areas. Technical and financial aspects of rubber agroforestry have been investigated, as a precursor to developing a financial model for the establishment of a budwood garden and a nursery for the production of clonal planting material.