Ideal time George Valy, President, Kottayam Rubber Dealers Federation told BusinessLine that a normal and above normal monsoon would be ideal as far as tapping is concerned, which would benefit the ...

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 ...

Farmers can tap into the earning potential of rubber. Native to the rainforests of the Amazon in South America, these trees are generally found in low-altitude, wetlands, riparian zones, forest gaps ...

Rubber growers can contact Rubber Board Call Centre to know about the tapping training programmes and the measures to be taken while opening trees for tapping. Sri. K R Sivamoni, Development Officer, ...

By the light of a head torch, Wanida Hityim deftly strips bark from a rubber tree, collecting the milky latex as she explains why she is among a small number of Thai farmers trying to work more ...