Tuxying the Abaca

A farmer from sitio Colan in Barangay Sibulan, Sta. Cruz is shown here tuxying his newly-harvested abaca trunks. After tuxying, he would then extract the fiber. With the introduction of high-input vegetables in the highlands particularly in Mt. Apo Natural Park, abaca is not anymore given attention by farmers, thereby only very few of them cultivate the supposed valuable and lucrative commodity.