better farming series

FAO Economic and Social Development Series

No. 3/25

the rubber tree

Published by arrangement with the
Institut africain pour le développement économique et social
B.P. 8008, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

First printing 1977

ISBN 92-5-100156-1

BETTER FARMING SERIES

Twenty-six titles have been published in this series, designed as handbooks for a two-year intermediate level agricultural education and training course. They may be purchased as a set or as individual documents.

FIRST YEAR

The plant: the living plant; the root
The plant: the stem; the buds; the leaves
The plant: the flower
The soil: how the soil is made up
The soil: how to conserve the soil
The soil: how to improve the soil
Crop farming
Animal husbandry: feeding and care of animals
Animal husbandry: animal diseases; how animals reproduce

SECOND YEAR

The farm business survey
Cattle breeding
Sheep and goat breeding
Keeping chickens
Farming with animal power
Cereals
Roots and tubers
Groundnuts
Bananas
Market gardening
Upland rice
Wet paddy or swamp rice
Cocoa
Coffee
The oil palm
The rubber tree
The modern farm business

PREFACE

This manual is a translation and adaptation of “L'hévéa,” published by the Agri-Service-Afrique of the Institut africain pour le développement économique et social (lNADES),and forms part of a series of 26 booklets. Grateful acknowledgement is made to the publishers for making available this text, which it is hoped will find widespread use at the intermediate level of agricultural education and training in English-speaking countries.

The original texts were prepared for an African environment and this is naturally reflected in the English version. However, it is expected that many of the manuals of the series — a list of which will be found on the inside front cover — will also be of value for training in many other parts of the world. Adaptations can be made to the text where necessary owing to different climatic and ecological conditions.

Applications for permission to issue this manual in other languages are welcomed. Such applications should be addressed to: Director, Publications Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy.

The author of this English version is Mr. A.J. Henderson, former Chief of the FAO Editorial Branch.

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome 1977
© French edition, Institut africain pour
le développement économique et social (INADES) 1969
© English edition, FAO

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