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 ...

in collaboration with the Rubber Board of India has planted over 1.65 crore rubber trees in the northeast in the last one year to achieve the goal of raising two lakh hectares of rubber ...

From the undulating hills to the plains close to the sea, the bright green canopy thrown by the rubber trees stretch over a vast area across 11 Indian States. Each plantation has a unique ...

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 ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Its name literally means "Resplendent Island," and of all the words one can use to describe Sri Lanka, an island nation directly south of India, resplendent ... the perfect ...

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 ...