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Kottayam , April 24

The global consumption of rubber is higher than production, and this keeps the prices high said Dr N.M. Mathew, Director, Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII ), inaugurating an international training programme to prevent Coynespora leaf disease affecting the rubber trees. But it is essential to enhance rubber production for the existence of small growers.

Instead of natural rubber, if alternatives were used it would affect the small holding community, Dr Mathew said. He exhorted the growers to maximise production from the existing holdings.

The training programme organised with the financial support of Common Fund for Commodities and the co-operation of International Rubber Research and Development Board (IRRDB) would conclude on April 29. In recognition of the contributions of the RRII towards eradicating the diseases affecting the rubber trees, the IRRDB authorised it to conduct the international seminar.

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