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Rubber Plantation in Southern Province A woman in Sri Lanka harvesting rubber, c. 1920. Rubber production in Sri Lanka commenced in 1876, with the planting of 1,919 rubber seedlings at the Henarathgoda Botanical Gardens in Gampaha. [1] The total extent under rubber in 1890 was around 50 ha (120 acres) and in the early 1900s it increased to ...
It is one of the main sources of foreign exchange for Sri Lanka and accounts for 2% of GDP, generating roughly $700 million annually to the economy of Sri Lanka. It employs, directly or indirectly over 1 million people, and in 1995 directly employed 215,338 on tea plantations and estates. Sri Lanka is the world's fourth largest producer of tea.
First Rubber Plant in Sri Lanka at Henarathgoda Botanical Garden In 1876, 1,919 rubber seedlings, originally collected from the Amazon forest ( Santarém, Pará , Brazil ) by explorer Sir Henry Alexander Wickham , were imported from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and planted at the Gampaha gardens, [ 5 ] under the guidance of George Thwaites ...
Chena is the oldest cultivation method in Sri Lanka, it goes far back as more than 5,000 years.(Before the Anuradhapura Kingdom) [1] [2] it the dry zone, the recovery of a chena plot proceeds through various stages of succession, (active chena, abandoned chena, chena re-growth, scrub with pioneer three species, scrub with secondary tree species, secondary forest, secondary forest with primary ...
Richard Pieris and Company (ARPICO) established in 1940 it is one of Sri Lanka's largest conglomerates with interests in manufacturing, engineering, retail and plantation industries. It is a pioneer in the tyre, plantation and rubber industries of Sri Lanka.
Dipped Products PLC is a rubber glove manufacturer in Sri Lanka. The company also manages rubber and tea plantations. [2] The company was incorporated in 1976 and listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange in 1983. The company is one of the components of the S&P Sri Lanka 20 Index. [3]
Sri Lanka Rubber Manufacturing Export Co. Ltd; Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation; Sri Lanka State Plantations Corporation; Sri Lanka Transport Board;
A woman in Sri Lanka harvesting rubber, c. 1920. It is usual to tap a panel at least twice, sometimes three times, during the tree's life. The economic life of the tree depends on how well the tapping is carried out, as the critical factor is bark consumption.