KOTTAYAM: For more than a century, the pre-dawn hours in Central Travancore, the heartland of rubber plantations, have ...

Close on the heels of the Coconut Development Board's attempts to popularise coconut plucking devices, the Rubber Board is trying to develop a mechanised rubber tapping knife. "The board has come ...

As the sun rises over the Amazonian island of Marajo, Renato Cordeiro laces up his boots, grabs his knife, and heads out to tap his rubber trees. Drop by drop, he collects the milky white sap, known ...

Ms Sheela Thomas, Chairman, Rubber Board, has announced a cash award of Rs 5 lakh to those who develop a mechanised rubber tapping device. The Board will also take up further research required for its ...

At the standardised rubber plantation of the Longjiang branch of China Hainan Rubber Industry Group Co., Ltd. in south China's Hainan Province, a showdown unfolds between Yu Hainong, a national role ...