KOTTAYAM, India—India is in "urgent need" to increase natural rubber cultivation as demand continues to rise in the country, according to Rubber Board Chairman Sawar Dhanania. In a press conference ...

Kerala’s rubber farmers are battling rising costs, labour shortages and unpredictable prices. Many are abandoning rubber ...

Kerala Congress (M) chairman Jose K Mani has alleged that the Centre is making a planned attempt to undermine rubber farmers ...

Rubber is driving deforestation at a rate much higher than estimated, new research says. Deforestation for rubber cultivation has been "substantially underestimated", and is two to three times higher ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—The Rubber Board of India plans to expand natural rubber cultivation area in the country by an additional 200,000 hectares (nearly 495,000 acres) over the next five years. The ...

The national rubber production has declined from 98.6 to 69.2 thousand Metric tonnes(MT) from 2014 to 2024. During the same period the land extent under rubber has also come down from 133 to 84 ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Aizawl, Jan 15 (IANS) Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Thursday said that rubber is one of the most promising crops through which the state can establish a strong and distinct ...

A new report investigates deforestation and land rights abuse allegations in central and western Africa by companies that supply top European tire makers like Michelin and Continental. The EU is home ...

Patna: Munger University signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII), Kottayam (Kerala), and the Himalayan Forest Research Institute (HFRI) ...

Nigeria’s rubber sector is attracting fresh attention with renewed efforts to boost production, create jobs and reposition the industry as a driver of economic growth. Executive Director, Rubber ...

MUMBAI, May 30 (Reuters) - Indian tyre makers are scouting for rubber plantations and devising a more profitable product mix in order to arrest the decline in margins, resulting from an unrelenting ...

Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on January 24 said the state has nearly 50,000 hectares of land suitable for rubber cultivation, underlining the government's plan to scale up rubber plantations and ...