Abstract:
Considering the economic related production in Sri Lanka, there are multiple works
are being as backbone from decades. Rubber production played a vital role in
uplifting country’s economy in the previous days. Nowadays it’s facing many
difficulties in the production, cultivation and marketing. This study mainly focusses
on the indicated issues and the cultivator’s economic and livelihood struggles in the
Farnam division in Puwakpitiya. Observation, questionnaire survey and interview
methods have been conducted to gather raw data from the field. And previously
conducted researches and reports have been review in order to find the gap of the
study and relevant materials. According to the accumulation of the primary data, it
seems most of the problems are related with the low income of the cultivators. At
the same time, soil, fertilizer, way of handling the trees while weeping and diseases
and insect attacks are the main challenges faced in the rubber production. Major
suggestions given for further excessive production and mitigation to the specified
problems. And some solutions discussed to improve the wellbeing of the plantation
workers and sustainable improvement in the Rubber production.
