ISBN: - 978-93-88936-09-5 This study reveals that all sources include, Varieties of NR cultivation, Type of fertilizers used, Own plantation, Own machine, Name of intercropping, Quality of rubber, Types of vessels used, Methods of drying, and Tapping the number of rubber trees have results are more than 0.5 level, it is a highly positive correlation, except own machine, shows Kendall’s tau-b results among three taluks are 0.419, 0.319, and 0.32 respectively. Whereas, Spearman Correlation results among three taluks are 0.463, 0.352, and 0.287 respectively, hence it is considered as a low positive correlation. Factors of NR Growers in Kanyakumari District The following table explains that the factors of NR growers in Kanyakumari district based on selected three taluks. The factors include Types of fertilizers used, own machine, own plantation, Varieties of intercropping, Mode of cultivation, types of vessels used, Methods of drying, Tapping of rubber trees, Preference of rubber cultivation, Quality of rubber, and smoking. Table 3.25 - Factors of NR Growers (Kendall’s co-efficient of Correlation) Kalkulam Factors Types of fertilizers used Own machine Own plantation Varieties of intercropping Mode of cultivation Types of vessels used Methods of drying Tapping of rubber trees Preference of rubber cultivation Quality of rubber Smoking .825 .395 .625 .908 .727 .847 .827 .860 .788 .912 .912 Vilavancode .765 .316. .609 .856 .710 .863 .898 .833 .572 .605 .509 Thovalai .829 .273 .578 .849 .746 .749 .643 .899 .921 .574 .675 Source: primary data 5% level of significance All the factors have more than 0.5 except own machine, shows results are .395, .316 and .273 respectively, so it has a highly positive correlation. 3.19 NATURAL RUBBER PRODUCTION Kanyakumari district is selected as the study area. The rubber is a vital product in the life of every human being in the contemporary era. It supports the life of the mass through its diverse benefits this material has multifarious uses and there are hardly any segments of society, which do not use rubber and rubber based products. In our daily life, we are always involved with products made of rubber. Production of NR in India at present is below the domestic demand, forcing the country to import NR from other rubber producing countries. An overall performance of small growers are analysed to understand their economy development in Kanyakumari 99
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