Inside a lab at an Ohio State University research center, scientists are genetically engineering a dandelion that could soon be grown in large amounts in hydroponic farms. The goal: to harvest latex ...
PUERTO LOPEZ, COLOMBIA — As Walter Lopez carefully stripped a diagonal ribbon of bark from a rubber tree in eastern Colombia, white latex began dripping down the cut and into a miniature pail nailed ...
As Walter Lopez carefully stripped a diagonal ribbon of bark from a rubber tree in eastern Colombia, white latex began dripping down the cut and into a miniature pail nailed to the trunk. “Being ...
A farmer, Mr Dickson Imasogie, yesterday said fire razed 154 hectares of cassava and rubber plantations in Uvbe, Uhumwode Local Government Area of Edo State. Imasogie, who owns the plantations, spoke ...
With the Rubber Board set to begin geo-mapping of rubber plantations in Kerala next week, rubber growers are hopeful that the move will lead to better prices for their produce. The move is expected to ...
On a warm January day in 1924, W.E.B. Du Bois looked out over an abandoned plantation, a forest of more than 200,000 rubber trees, in neat rows, on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia. The ...
GBARNGA, LiberiaGBARNGA, Liberia — Christopher Reeves has farmed rubber for more than three decades in Liberia, selling his crop to the international tire-maker Firestone, which also operates the ...