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Article: BRIEFING - ASIA AGRIBUSINESS - DEC 3, 2008.
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- December 3, 2008
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An executive briefing on agribusiness for Dec 3, 2008, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities.
VAST RUBBER PLANTATION PLANNED FOR PROVINCE IN MINDANAO
GENERAL SANTOS CITY - The South Cotabato provincial government on the southern Filipino island of Mindanao hopes to turn a vast portion of the province into a rubber plantation over a five-year period, starting in 2009.
Rey Palacio of the provincial agriculture office said there was a plan to turn some 10,000 hectares of land spread over the 10 towns in the province into a rubber ...