Rubber farmers in Karnataka will hold a State level conference at Ujire on November 29 to discuss their problems and find out solutions

With rubber growers in Karnataka under distress owing to fall in prices over the years they will hold a State-level conference in Ujire on November 29. The growers have mainly demanded that the government declare a minimum support price(MSP) of ₹250 per kg for natural rubber under the market intervention scheme and declare natural rubber as an agricultural commodity.

Addressing presspersons here on Monday, Shridhar G. Bhide, president, reception committee of the conference, said that the price of natural rubber in Karnataka now stood at ₹182 per kg. The Kerala government increased the support price for natural rubber from ₹180 per kg to ₹200 per kg effective from November 1, 2025, under its Rubber Production Incentive Scheme.

Many growers in Karnataka are cutting rubber trees owing to fall in prices and increasing production costs. The government in Karnataka should also intervene to save rubber growers by declaring MSP.