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.
