Kottayam: The Rubber Board signed an MoU with the Central Institute of Petro Chemical Engineering and Technology (CIPET) to conduct long-term & short-term courses in polymer technology, including skill development programmes through National Institute for Rubber Training (NIRT), the training department of the Board.
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Indian Natural Rubber sector registers growth in last fiscal
Kottayam: The Rubber Board announced that the Indian natural rubber (NR) sector registered a growth of 8.3 per cent in production and 9.0 per cent in consumption in 2022-23 over the previous year. Rubber production increased to 839,000 tonnes in 2022-23 from 775,000 tonnes in 2021-22. Meanwhile, consumption increased from 1238,000 tonnes in 2021-22 to 1350,000 tonnes in 2022-23.
Read MoreIndo-French research project to study rubber leaf disease
Kottayam: The Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR/CEFIPRA) has sanctioned an advanced research project to study Corynespora leaf fall disease of rubber in collaboration with the Rubber Board.
Read MoreRRII launches Comprehensive Rubber Information System Platform
Kottayam: The Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII) has developed a mobile app ‘Comprehensive Rubber Information System Platform (CRISP)’ in collaboration with the Digital University of Kerala. Dr Z P Patel, Vice Chancellor of Navsari Agricultural University, Gujarat launched the app at a function held at RRII, Kottayam.
Read MoreMillet Fest key feature of CSIR-NIIST’s ‘One Week One Lab’
Trivandrum: The Millet Festival, highlighting the huge scope of millets in ensuring global food security and India’s potential to emerge as a millet cultivation and value-addition hub, will be the key feature of the six-day ‘One Week One Lab (OWOL)’ programme of CSIR-NIIST that gets underway here from March 13.
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