This photo taken on March 4, 2025 shows a mobile rubber-tapping robot in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province. Developed jointly by the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS) and ...

To address labour shortage in rubber plantations, the “tappers census” emphasises the need of pooling workers through the networking of Rubber Producer Societies. The first-ever census carried out by ...

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 ...

Yokohama Rubber has begun practical testing of a technology that gauges air pressure from the sound made by tapping on a tire. The company announced that it has developed an experimental pressure ...

The positive trend in the price level, sufficient rain, disruptions in imports and increasing acreage under the crop are expected to provide a big boost to natural rubber production in the country ...

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 ...

A contestant taps a mock rubber tree during the final round of a rubber tapping contest as part of a national vocational skills competition for agricultural practitioners, in Haikou, south China's ...

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 ...