RUBBER PLANTATIONS
- February 23, 2022
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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RUBBER PLANTATIONS
TOPIC: Geography
Context- India has been unanimously elected for the new Chairmanship of the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG).
- Head of the Indian delegation to IRSG, and Executive Director of Indian Rubber Board, KN Raghavan, will officiate as the Chairman of IRSG for the next two years.
Concept-
International Rubber Study Group (IRSG):
- IRSG is the inter-governmental organisation of natural rubber (NR) and synthetic rubber (SR) producing and consuming countries.
- The group was formed in the year 1944 with Singapore as headquarters.
- The IRSG provides its member governments with a forum for discussion on matters affecting the world rubber industry and acts as an interface between government and the Industry.
- It is the only International commodity body approved by Common Fund for Commodities for development financing in rubber sector.
Rubber Tree:
- Rubber is a tropical tree.
- It requires high temperature throughout the year – ranging between 20°-35°C or average monthly mean of 27°C.
- Less than 20°C temperature is detrimental.
- Rubber also requires heavy rainfall.
- The annual average rainfall of not less than 200 cm is optimum. Rubber tree thrives well when the distribution of rainfall is uniformly high all over the year.
- Deep, friable, well-drained soils are ideal as they promote root development, and acidic soils are also suitable.
- Thailand is the highest rubber producer in the world, which produced 31.29 per cent of world production. Indonesia is the second largest producer.
- In the world production of natural rubber, India ranks Fourth.
- Traditional rubber-growing states comprising Kerala and Tamil Nadu account for 81% of production.