ISBN: - 978-93-88936-09-5 • The major problems encountered by the rubber producers in the local market. The most important problem is the lack of infrastructure facilities for purpose of keeping up stocks of smoked rubber sheets and fresh latex. This handicap has provided itself to be major drawback for the rapid growth of rubber production in Kanyakumari District. The rubber producers who are marginal in size can become better. When they are given proper storage facilities to store the latex which they are produce every day. • The lower profitability on fresh land rubber can be attributed to the enormous cost involved in preparing and planning rubber trees in such areas. • Rubber production being highly expensive the annual saving per producers is very low. Because of this fact, that the producers are in untapped areas have borrow huge amount of money. • The largest single expenditure among the rubber producers is an manuring the purchase of tools and instruments another major expenditure related to the production of rubber expenses of labour shows the tendency of increase in the amount with the increase in the area of production. • Kendall’s co-efficient of Correlation method is used for the relationship between varieties of cultivation and factors for NR growers in Kanyakumari district. This study reveals that all the factors have the results of variables which are more than 0.5 except own machine, shows the results 0.395, 0.316, and 0.273 respectively, hence it is a highly positive correlation. • The ANOVA value is found to be significant at five per cent level. This shows that the regression equation framed is a good fit. The ANOVA value of Kalkulam taluk indicates around 152.757, Vilavancode taluk indicates that the value is 222.164 and Thovalai taluk indicates that the value is 98.897 of the variations in sources of the NR production due to the selected variables. 6.2 (C) Findings related to marketers/distributors: 1. Most of the respondents (79 per cent) are using non-banking funds, as they feel that they charge high rate of interest and plantation property as a security. 2. Out of the 150 distributors, 40 have opined that the labour charge is high, 33 face packages, 23 face lack of storage facility, 21 loss of weight, 17 deterioration of quality, and 16 face grading problems. 3. Only a few distributors (7per cent) are of the opinion that the package and licence problems are common in distribution of NR in Kanyakumari district. 4. The findings of the study relate to the Sale of Rubber Sheets through Commission agents. The reasons are credit facility, prompt payment, long term practice, low risk, better prices 158
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