Since the beginning of the 1990s, the Indian natural rubber sector has been affected by trends toward trade liberalisation, a reduced role of the State, and organizational reforms. Rubber cultivators in Kerala--around 1 million holders cultivating an average 0.5 ha of rubber plantation--have been affected by these processes in different ways. It is hypothesised that growers--especially the ones located in agro-ecologically marginal rubber areas--are coping with ...
