The Planktations Industries Ministry will cultivate rubber in non traditional areas to meet the ever increasing demand for rubber, Plamtation Industries Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said.
Under this prgramme a research team appointed to look into the fasibility of rubber cultivation in areas of the North and East has confirmed that certain parts of hte provinces are suitable for rubber cultivation. At the initial stage rubber will be cultivated in the Vavuniya, Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi districts and later expanded to the other distructs in the North and East.
It has been indentified that the annual rubber production has to ve increased to 200000 Mt form 150000 Mt to meet the lcal nad international demand The production of rubber 70% is user for value addition products in Srilanka while the balance 30 is exported so rubber production has significant market share
Reserch indicates 50 % of success this is fairly sufficient for cultivating rubber successfully. Ground water level and soil condition is fairly good for rubber cultivation.
A 50 acre nursery is being maintained by the ministry to supply nessary rubber saplings and also expect return 50000 rupee monthly profit from an acre of rubber.
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