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Rubber for the first time from the North | The Sunday
Rubber was tapped, for the first time, from the North in Vavuniya earlier this month. Picture shows Secretary to the Ministry of Plantation Industries, J.A. Ranjith looking at the first drop of latex. The Government has encouraged the planting of rubber trees in the North and the East. ... The Sunday Times Sri Lanka. Advertising Rates.
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Impact of declining Rubber production to the economy
With that technical support they were able to increase their rubber production by three to four times within 6 years. During this half a decade, the productivity of rubber lands in Sri Lanka has dropped down to 774 kg/Ha/ Yr while the same in Cambodia has risen from 450 Kg/Ha/Yr to 1090 kg/Ha/ yr.
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It is a matter for raucous entertainment when Sri Lanka’s opposition Members of Parliament, some with the proud boast of associating with known racketeers and jumping from one… Read More. Sunday Punch Mahinda’s double speak north of the straits up the Indian way
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OIL PALM TO REPLACE RUBBER? | Daily News
At present Sri Lanka imports nearly 55,000 Mt of raw rubber and latex annually from Asian countries to cater to the rubber products industry, as our rubber annual production has fallen to about 69,000 Mt in 2016, compared to 130,000 Mt produced a few years before that.
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Rubber traders want smallholders retained to ensure supply
In Sri Lanka, almost 70 percent of the rubber production comes from the smallholder sector. In 2016, the rubber price hit a low of nearly Rs.200 a kilo, whereas the growers were used to a price ...
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Sri Lanka News :: New State and Deputy Ministers sworn
In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Sri Lanka became a plantation economy, famous for its production and export of cinnamon, rubber and Ceylon tea, which remains a trademark national export. By 1996 plantation crops made up only 20% of export, and further declined to 16.8% in 2005 (compared with 93% in 1970), while textiles and garments ...
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By Editor, Sunday Times, Sri Lanka PARIS, AFP - When Dolly the cloned sheep was born 20 years ago on July 5, many hailed mankind's new-found mastery over DNA as a harbinger of medical miracles such as lab-grown transplant organs.
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Village Life - Gateway to Sri Lanka
Tea, introduced to Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) by the British in 1849, is still one of the main export products. Today tea is grown in three distinct elevation levels. Low-grown from sea level to 2,000 feet, Mid-grown from 2,000 to 4,000 feet, and high-grown 4,000 feet and higher.
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Lanka capable of producing footwear in millions annually-EDB February 2, 2014, 8:12 pm. The Sri Lankan footwear and leather industry is growing at a steady pace-and has developed into a sector catering to international markets.
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Daily Mirror - Banning oil palm cultivation: Throwing baby
Way back in the 1960s, Malaysia shifted its rubber-oil palm policy in terms of land use from 60 percent rubber to 40 percent oil palm to 40 of rubber to 60 of oil palm, simply on profit ...
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Rubber for the first time from the North | The Sunday
Rubber was tapped, for the first time, from the North in Vavuniya earlier this month. Picture shows Secretary to the Ministry of Plantation Industries, J.A. Ranjith looking at the first drop of latex. The Government has encouraged the planting of rubber trees in the North and the East. The Sunday Times Sri Lanka. Advertising Rates.
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Unrealistic projects in the rubber sector | The Sunday
The recently established Sri Lanka Rubber Secretariat of the Ministry of Plantation Industries came out with the Sri Lanka Rubber Industry Master Plan 2017 – 2026, A National Agenda for Rubber Industry Development of Sri Lanka. According to this plan, the rubber sector is constrained by a shortage of workers including rubber tappers and
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Information on Rubber Tree Plants | Garden Guides
Most commercial rubber tree cultivation occurs in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. Rubber trees will grow in any hot, humid tropical climate, but commercial cultivation in areas outside of these four countries has dropped off. Latex is also produced in these same areas, but only about 10 percent of the production is natural latex.
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The Natural Rubber Industry of Sri Lanka
The traditional rubber growing areas of Sri Lanka is located mainly in the wet zone in a land extent of 127,500 hectares. The country's traditional rubber growing districts include Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Kandy, Matale, Galle, Matara, Kurunegala, Rathnapura, and Kegalle.
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Potential of Intermediate Zone for growing rubber
Rubber has been grown traditionally in the Low Country Wet Zone covering the Southwestern, Southern and Central parts of Sri Lanka, though the low and mid elevations in the Intermediate and Dry
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Rubber traders want smallholders retained to ensure supply
In Sri Lanka, almost 70 percent of the rubber production comes from the smallholder sector. In 2016, the rubber price hit a low of nearly Rs.200 a kilo, whereas the growers were used to a price
Send InquiryWork starts on master plan for rubber industry | Daily FT
Work starts on master plan for rubber industry Comments / {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}} Views / Saturday, 6 August 2016 00:00 Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen inaugurates the third edition of Lanka Plast & Rubexpo joined by Deputy High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Arindam Bagchi (right) at the BMICH yesterday.
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Sri Lanka exports top quality rubber & rubber products to
The globally linked rubber industry in Sri Lanka shows excellent potential for exponential growth with the global industry growing annually at 4-6%. Sri Lanka’s range of products has ample room to evolve with new developments and research in the field.With opportunities in the global markets being assured to technically sound and innovative local rubber & rubber based product manufacturers & suppliers, it is clear that the rubber industry will continue to be a solid and profitable facet of
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