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 ...

KOTTAYAM: The Rubber Board has developed a new system of tapping in which tapping can be done on only one fourth circumference of the tree, instead of the present half spiral. By adopting this new ...

Kurian Thomas, a small time rubber planter, never tapped his trees during Karkidakam, a period marked by heavy rains. KOTTAYAM: Kurian Thomas, a small time rubber planter, never tapped his trees ...

In the wake of the prevailing low price of rubber, the Rubber Board has advised growers to adopt weekly tapping, whereby cost of production can be reduced substantially. In rubber holdings, a major ...

Rubber tapping in the forest was once the main Amazonian economic activity, and now an Indigenous group is bringing it back. Partnering with Brazilian organizations, Indigenous Gavião communities find ...

Mohamad Jantan, 67, says life is tougher for rubber tappers these days. Mohamad Jantan closes his eyes for a moment as he mentally focuses on his earliest times in the Melaka rubber estate where his ...

A total of 71 rubber tappers from over 30 plantations and community rubber farms took part in Cambodia’s first-ever rubber tapping competition. The December 16 event, held in Tbong Khmum province, was ...

The Rubber Board has developed a new system of tapping in which tapping can be done on only one-fourth the circumference of the tree, instead of the present half spiral. By adopting this new system, a ...