Rains, disease hit rubber output

Print this page Posted on : 08-01-2007 by recycleinme.com

There has been a 50 per cent drop in rubber production this year in major rubber producing areas such as Pala and Kanjirappally due to vector borne diseases such as chikungunya and other fevers ion plantation areas in the State.

There were only 20 tapping days in three months in some areas.

The findings of a survey conducted by the Rubber Board to assess the crop loss due to the fever in rubber holdings in the April-June period are yet to be finalized.

The board’s officers throughout the State visited 2.500 holding and collected the data for the survey, which included loss of tapping days, loss of wages for labourers and crop loss during the period.

The data for the corresponding previous period were also collected for comparison.

Source : Business Line