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, Jan 31 (Reuters) - India's natural rubber output in 2017/18 is likely to jump 15 percent to its highest in four years at 750,000 tonnes as a spike in benchmark prices prompts farmers to start ...

China has designed artificial intelligence (AI)-powered rubber-tapping robots in an attempt to tackle chronic labor shortages plaguing its natural rubber industry, state media reported Monday. Jointly ...

This photo taken on March 4, 2025 shows a mobile rubber-tapping robot in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province. Developed jointly by the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS) and ...

The Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association (ATMA) has voiced concern over the quality of domestically produced natural rubber, noting that it is lot rubber (low grade) which constitutes almost ...

A contestant taps a mock rubber tree during the final round of a rubber tapping contest as part of a national vocational skills competition for agricultural practitioners, in Haikou, south China's ...

In a bid to tackle the chronic labor shortages plaguing its natural rubber industry, China has unveiled a mobile rubber-tapping robot, marking a leap forward in agricultural automation. Developed ...

HAIKOU, March 24 (Xinhua) -- In a bid to tackle the chronic labor shortages plaguing its natural rubber industry, China has unveiled a mobile rubber-tapping robot, marking a leap forward in ...