For more than 30 years Babu Joseph has been tending rubber trees on his small farm in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Kerala used to be home to thousands of producers like him, who made a ...

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Kerala's bountiful monsoon boosts hopes for rubber farmers, but declining international prices may impact domestic market.

In the Indian state of Meghalaya, one of the wettest places on Earth, villagers weave the roots of living rubber trees into sturdy pedestrian bridges. On a quest to document the tradition ...

MR. H. A. WICKHAM re-tells the interesting story of the successful effort of the Government of India with the aid of the Royal Gardens, Kew, to introduce the Para rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis ...

The Rubber Board has released – RRII 417 – a new climate resilient Indian clone for North-East India. The new clone has a vigorous growth habit and over 80 per cent of the trees attained ...