TY  - BOOK
AU  - Veeraputhran S
AU  - Joseph Toms
TI  - Rubber seed processing industry in India. Pt I
KW  - India
KW  - Marketing
KW  - Rubber seed
KW  - Rubber seed industry
N2  - The study provides a brief sketch of the evolution of the rubber seed processing industry in India followed by an analysis of the trends in the production of rubber seed oil and cake from 1976-77 to 1998-99. The annual availability of rubber seeds is estimated and the factors influencing the production are explained. The primary marketing of rubber seeds in India for nurseries intended for plant propagation and processing is looked into. The processing steps are described and the study reports an oil and cake recovery of 14.6 and 23.8 per cent from seed and 36.5 and 59.5 per cent from dried kernel, the balance being wastes
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