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Rubber growers themselves can provide a good market, said Mathew.

This is having a ripple effect on the life of people in the region, which survives on income from rubber.

At present, the farmers are receiving more than 90% of the price as their farm gate price.

The new Rs 300-crore subsidy scheme currently being implemented by the Kerala government may encourage farmers to increase the production.

The Kerela government today approached the Centre seeking funds for providing assistance to affected rubber farmers of the state.

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi assured rubber growers in Kerala, hit by steep fall in prices, that he would take up their issue with ...

Appeals, memoranda and even strikes — the 10 lakh-odd rubber farmers and their families in the state have tried it all to convince the poli...

Due to unavailability of data on export and import of rubber, the government is unable to take concrete steps to help the farmers- Nirmala ...

A CPI-M backed farmers body, All India Kisan Sabha , today condemned the government's move of reducing import tariff on natural rubber from...