ELAMGULAM, Kerala (Reuters) - Several rubber farmers have put away their tapping knives and switched to planting other crops, as ample global supplies and sinking benchmark prices of the tyre-making ...
MUMBAI/JAKARTA, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Global natural rubber output could drop for a second straight year in 2015 as prices near six-year lows have prompted Asian farmers to curtail tapping during their ...
Thailand is the world's largest producer of natural rubber, the vast majority of it from small-scale farmers - Copyright AFP Jack TAYLOR Thailand is the world's ...
Notes on the beat SIRAWAI — It was still dark when we left Zamboanga City around 4 a.m. to embark on a bumpy ride to the municipality of Sirawai, a coastal town nestled in the Zamboanga Peninsula. The ...