ELAMGULAM, Kerala (Reuters) - Several rubber farmers have put away their tapping knives and switched to planting other crops, as ample global supplies and sinking benchmark prices of the tyre-making ...

The board has invited scientists to develop a mechanised knife that can even be handled by unskilled people. The successful model will get a cash prize of Rs.500,000. Selected designers will have to ...

https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/markets/commodities/self-tapping-along-with-low-frequency-tapping-can-make-rubber-cultivation-profitable-kn-raghavan ...

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 ...

KOTTAYAM: The Rubber Board has developed a new system of tapping in which tapping can be done on only one fourth circumference of the tree, instead of the present half spiral. By adopting this new ...

ELAMGULAM, India, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Several Indian rubber farmers have put away their tapping knives and switched to planting other crops, as ample global supplies and sinking benchmark prices of the ...