MUMBAI/JAKARTA, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Global natural rubber output could drop for a second straight year in 2015 as prices near six-year lows have prompted Asian farmers to curtail tapping during their ...

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 ...

Japanese researchers say they have produced rubber from a natural substance extracted from an edible, wild mushroom commonly found in the country. Researchers at Gunma University, west of Tokyo, have ...

THE Ceylon Department of Agriculture has issued a number of circulars on the tapping of individual and groups of Hevea trees and the effect of such operations on the storage of plant food. All the ...

For families in Bandarban, rubber trees provide income, but falling prices, outdated technology, and uncertain land tenure threaten their survival ...