ISBN: - 978-93-88936-09-5 CHAPTER -II REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 INTRODUCTION: This study is primarily concerned with the production and marketing of rubber. To carry on this study along with the scientific lines by choosing an appropriate research problem the investigator proposes to review some of the outstanding research publications available on the subject. Rubber plantation industry is noted for its ramifications. It has been found to be fertile a venue for explorative studies. As an employment, potential industry, stimulating a chain of production and marketing activities all over the country it has been studied. There is already a plethora of details available and hence efforts are made here to give a fitting introduction to them as a prelude for evolving a suitable research problem for the study. A review of the existing literature was found highly useful in designing the present study. A brief account of some of the relevant studies made previously is given under the four heads. a. Production of Natural Rubber b. Natural rubber tappers c. Marketing of Natural Rubber d. Rubber based industry. 2.1(a) REVIEW RELATING TO PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF THE NATURAL RUBBER (1) Tariff Inquiry Commission (1967), reports that, “Costs and Prices of Raw Rubber “the price of natural rubber has been maintaining an uptrend. It threatens to assume very grave dimensions with the passing of time; the commission feels that this problem could be got over by a careful introduction of highly scientific methods of rubber cultivation and rubber processing. (2) Bai Leela Baby (1990), in his study titled, “Location and Organization of Small Scale Enterprises in Kanyakumari District”, opines that, Tamil Nadu stands second place in the rubber cultivation in India. Kanyakumari District is the only Rubber production district in Tamil Nadu. There are 63 rubber based industries in Kanyakumari District. (3) Gangadharan made his study about the subsidy schemes introduced in countries all over the world to boost up the area under rubber cultivation. According to him 36
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