CRISP App

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CRISP App
 

News: Recently, the Rubber Board has launched a mobile app CRISP to inform growers about rubber cultivation and provides solutions online.
 

About:
 The Comprehensive Rubber Information System Platform (CRISP) application has been developed by the Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII) in collaboration with the Digital University of Kerala.
 It gives information to rubber cultivators related to production and productivity enhancement, reduction of cultivation cost, maintenance of soil fertility, disease control measures, etc.
 

About Rubber Plantation:
 Natural rubber is a polymer made up of a chemical molecule called isoprene. It is a native of the Amazon basin which was introduced to countries in the tropical belts of Asia and Africa in the late nineteenth century.
 Rainfall - It requires moist and humid climates with heavy rainfall of more than 200 cm.
 Temperature - It grows well in equatorial climates and temperatures above 25 degrees Celsius.
 Soil - Well-drained, weathered soils.
 India is the world’s largest producer and the third-largest user of natural rubber.
 

Where is rubber grown in India?
 Traditional Areas - Primarily in Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari District and Kerala.
 Non-traditional regions - Coastal Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra’s Konkan Region, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Orissa, the northeastern provinces, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, among other places.

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