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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

The deceased, identified as Gaffur, a resident of Adakkakundu, was on his way to tap rubber trees when the incident occurred near a forest area. According to local sources, Gaffur was accompanied ...

An 85-year-old MGNREGA worker, Annakutty, died after a tree fell on her while returning home from work in Tirumarady village, ...

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 ...