Natural Rubber: Its Constraints in foothills of Siang Region, Arunachal Pradesh

Knowledge about the uses of rubber tree was known to the people of Arunachal Pradesh since many years before. They used to collect its latex at early age from naturally grown Rubber Tree (ficuselastica) but this species is replaced by Heveabrasiliensis. First rubber was planted in 1980 for experimental purposes and it came to be used for commercial purposes since 1994. The study area is the main latex production area in the state. The study covered about the constraints for the rubber cultivation in the area. As per survey a report, people of the area is much interested to grow rubber but due to lots of constraints they could not reach at target. To achieve the objectives of the study, many tools have been used. For the reliability, information collected from sources and the field was analyzed by using MS word, MS excel and SPSS 18 package for generating appropriate qualitative and quantitative result. The information has been gathered through field investigation and 500 household from rubber cultivators were taken as sample. It is also found that 2,500.00 hectares (approx) of land under rubber plantation with 580 hectare under latex production. Shri Kiryi Potom | Prof. Tomo Riba"Natural Rubber: Its Constraints in foothills of Siang Region, Arunachal Pradesh" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-4 , June 2018, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd14126.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/geography/14126/natural-rubber-its-constraints-in-foothills-of-siang-region-arunachal-pradesh/shri-kiryi-potom