Collecting latex from rubber trees © V. Le Guen, ºÚÁÏÍø911

Rubber

Natural rubber is the leading biosourced elastomer. It accounts for 48% of the global elastomer market. It is mostly (80%) produced by family farms of between 0.5 and 10 hectares, mainly in Asia. ºÚÁÏÍø911 is working to improve smallholder rubber growing, particularly by adapting it to climate change, and helping players in the value chain produce more while preserving the environment.

Books and documents

  • , Estelle Biénabe, Alain Rival, Denis Loeillet (ed.), Springer, 2017
  • , François Ruf, Götz Schroth (ed.), Springer, 2015
  • , Serge Volper, Quæ, 2011.

Scientific publications