Smallholder Rubber Production and Policies
Smallholder Rubber Production and Policies

Author: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

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Published: 1985

Total Pages: 160

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The Rubber Workshop was held primarily to help identify priority problems facing the natural rubber industries of Southeast Asia. The focus was on the processes of structural change which had been occurring in the recent past, especially in the two major producing countries, Malaysia and Indonesia. The roles of research, technology, economic trends and policies were examined, with particular emphasis on their implications for the development of the smallholder rubber sectors. Smallholders now produce the bulk of the world's natural rubber whereas the plantation sectors had this distinction less than 25 years ago.

Towards Increased Production in the Rubber Smallholder Sector Through Replanting
Towards Increased Production in the Rubber Smallholder Sector Through Replanting

Author: Mohd. Nor Abdullah

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Published: 1978

Total Pages: 14

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RISDA now incorporates several supporting programmes to ensure successful replanting. There are related to the supply of improved agricultural inputs, cover cropping, intercropping, adoption of improved processing techniques, and provision of credit facilities. The process of modernisation of the small-holder sector has also been efectively initiated with the introduction of small-holder training programmes on planting techniques, efficient tapping methods and better husbandry. The systematic implementation of these programmes has also been matched by a natural growth of an efficient extention service. This paper highlights the strategy adopted by RISDA in its approach to the replanting programme. [Author's abstract].

The Transfer of Technology to Rubber Smallholder Sector
The Transfer of Technology to Rubber Smallholder Sector

Author: Wan Mansor Haji Wan Saleh

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Published: 1991

Total Pages: 12

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The smallholder sector is a dominant rubber sector in Malaysia occupying the hectarage ratio of 3:1 and produced 79.1% of total production of 1.6 million tonne in 1987. There are some 5000,000 smallholders dependent on their rubber holdings. With the productivity lagging behind the estate sector and the importance of socio-political stability, concerted and co-ordinated effort is needed in transferring the technology. Since 1981, TOT activities have been intensified, hence an attempt to evaluate its effectiveness. [Author's abstract].

RISDA's Strategy for the Development of the Rubber Smallholder Sector
RISDA's Strategy for the Development of the Rubber Smallholder Sector

Author: Yahil Mohamed

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Published: 1983

Total Pages: 47

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In essence, conscious of the need for a total development coverage, programmes are created by RISDA so as to be consonant with specific time periods related to the rubber replanting cycle. Specific programmes are created which are respectively consistent with smallholder needs during the time period before replanting is carried out, after replanting is carried out and after the rubber trees have attained maturity status. This paper outlines the various projects and programmes in fair detail and also talks of PROJECT TRIDELTA, a system devised by RISDA as an 'in-house extension management systems' to define smallholder needs and increase extension effectiveness in the transfer of technology to the rubber smallholder sector. [Authors' abstract].