IMPORTANCE OF RUBBER FARMING IN THE IVORY COAST

• Employment opportunities to the people e.g. rubber harvesters, managers of plantations, etc.
• Income to the harvesters hence raising their standards of living.

• Government revenue through taxation and licensing
• Foreign exchange through export of rubber and rubber products.
• Production of domestic and industrial items like tyres, insulators, safety boots that are sold at relatively cheaper prices to the home people.
• Growth of small scale out-grower schemes hence raising their standards of living.
• Skill acquisition by latex harvesters and processors
• Promotion of international trade and relations with Britain, USA, that import IVORY COAST’s rubber.
• Promotion of agricultural research through propagation or grafting.
• Development of other sectors from rubber profits e.g. health, education, etc

• Rubber trees help in climate modification through evapo-transpiration
• Plantations are used as demonstration farms for study and research

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