| Research Title |
Agricultural Practices in Rubber Farms: Low Intensive Latex Harvesting Systems Applied to
Rubber Tree(HeveabrasiliensisMüll. Arg.) In Northeastern Thailand |
| Date of Distribution |
23 February 2018 |
| Conference |
| Title of the Conference |
9th International Conference on Environmental and Rural Development |
| Organiser |
International Society of Environmental and Rural Development Yezin Agricultural University, Myanmar Khon Kaen University, Thailand Institute of Environmental Rehabilitation and Conservation, Japan |
| Conference Place |
Yezin Agricultural University, Myanmar |
| Province/State |
Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar |
| Conference Date |
23 February 2018 |
| To |
25 February 2018 |
| Proceeding Paper |
| Volume |
9 |
| Issue |
9 |
| Page |
24 |
| Editors/edition/publisher |
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| Abstract |
A declining rubber price and labor shortages in the context of climate variability become a huge issue for rubbersmallholders in Thailand. It is important to analyze how smallholder’s rubber tree plantations can adapt and keep sustainable facing climatic conditions and changes in their socio-economic context. There is a need to reduce the labor ratio in the rubber field. In northeastern Thailand, low frequency tapping systems with ethylene stimulationare not commonly used. The objective of this study wasto test the efficiency of low frequency tapping systems at farm level.The aim is to increase the daily income in rubber field. A network of rubber farms was developed to implement on-farm experiments in two province of Thailand; Buriram and KhonKaen. A place was farmers are willing to test latex harvesting systems. Seven farms were volunteers for the two provinces. Different tapping systems were tested: (i) the farmer system a third spiral cut downward at daily tapping,with one-day rest in three days, (S/3 d1 2d/3), (ii) latex harvesting systems with lower tapping frequency with half or third spiral cut downward at third daily tapping (S/2 or S/3 d3), with the use of ethylene stimulation. Preliminary data show that it is possible to compensate the reduction of the tapping frequency with the use of ethylene stimulation to increase the yield at each tapping. But the reduction of the tapping frequency must be highly compensated by the use of ethylene stimulation to finally gain a quite same yield per tree along the period of tapping. It seems that farmers really worry about that innovative system as they experienced a misuse of ethylene stimulation by the past. The focus is made on the control of tapping in field and the use of ethylene in experiment. |
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| Peer Review Status |
มีผู้ประเมินอิสระ |
| Level of Conference |
นานาชาติ |
| Type of Proceeding |
Full paper |
| Type of Presentation |
Oral |
| Part of thesis |
true |
| Presentation awarding |
false |
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| Citation |
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Publication
Journal Publication
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