Indian Rubber Board to collect plantation data

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kottayam, India -- India's Rubber Board has said it intends to collect data on the age, and condition of rubber trees. The aim of the survey is to update the statistics and to collect inputs for the formulation of 12th Five Year Plan proposals of the Board.

The survey is targeting about ten thousand holdings in different regions of Kerala. The field survey is planned and designed in consultation with external experts. The survey is being done by the Board's own extension officers, so as to ensure maximum correctness of data.

Smt. Sheela Thomas, Chairman, Rubber Board requested that farmers to co-operate with the survey and also to give correct statistics, considering its importance in the future planning and formulation of the schemes.

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Press release from India's Rubber Board