The cacao trees mature at five years and begin to flower on the trunk. The flowers are pollinated by midges, a small fly.

As the sun rises over the Amazonian island of Marajo, Renato Cordeiro laces up his boots, grabs his knife, and heads out to ...

YTRC, a subsidiary of Yokohama Rubber, is helping villages affected by flooding in Thailand throughout Dec. 2024. Workers ...

As the sun rises over the Amazonian island of Marajo, Renato Cordeiro laces up his boots, grabs his knife, and heads out to ...

Fruit trees need to be grown in the right conditions if they're to flower and fruit to ... Attaching the tree and stake together with a tree tie Use a plastic tree tie to secure the trunk to the stake ...

"I started tapping trees at age seven with my mother, deep in the forest," said Cordeiro, holding his knife, which has a protruding metal piece for making precise cuts in the bark. This aerial view ...

Drop by drop, he collects the milky white sap, known as latex, that sustains him. The recent revival of the rubber tapper trade in this impoverished northern Brazilian region has created jobs for ...

It will be a months-long process to clean up the toxic ash, hazardous waste and charred debris, state and federal officials ...

which is why many call them rubber trees. However, if you want your tree trunk to have branches, you can prune your rubber plant in a specific way. 'You’ll want to make a cut at an inter-node ...