THE simple act of rubber tapping may be insignificant but continuous loss of tapping days can lead to severe reduction in the world’s natural rubber (NR) production. The trend now indicates that the ...

Vijaylaxmi Joshi, Additional Secretary (Plantations) to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has stressed the need to improve production of natural rubber using scientific methods in order to meet ...

Over 1.5 lakh rubber growers and tappers will participate in 4,000 intensive mass contact programmes to be held in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka from June 6 to July 22. The aim of the programme, ...