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    Rubber marketing and related problems in the Moneragala Disteict
    (Rubber Research Institute:Agalawatta, 2005) Edirisinghe, J.C.; Dissanayake, D.M.A.P.; Prasad, A.K.D.W.
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    Natural rubber prices. future prospects
    (Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka:Agalawatta, 2000) Naranpanawa, A.K.B.
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    Guaranteed work for estate labour force. implications on rubber economy
    (Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka:Agalawatta, 1994) Samarappuli, N.I.
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    Some financial and economic aspects of tapping wage rate
    (Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka:Agalawatta, 1998) Herath, P.H.M.U.
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    Role of credits in agricultural marketing
    (Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka:Agalawatta, 1998) Herath, P.H.M.U.
    The study indicates the importance of credit facilities to improve agricultural production. At present non institutianal lenders pay a major role in providing credits in agricultural production. Rural and urban level dealers act as one of the major components in non institutional lenders. Most of the present rural agricultural production is either stagnated or deterriorated due to indebtedness of the farmers to these rural and urban money/credit lenders. In some cases the market margin retained by dealers is higher than the price received by the producers. Also with an increase in producer prices, the margin retained by the dealers increases very significantly. This clearly indicates that the open market phenomena is being obstructed by rural and urban level money lenders. The indebtedness of the farmers reduces their bargaining power. Therefore, price level received by the farmer is being mainly decided by the dealer and not by the open market interactions
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    The economics of replanting in rubber plantations part I. cost of immature upkeep
    (Rubber Research Institute of Sri Lanka:Agalawatta, 1997) Samarappuli, I.N.; Wickramaratne, C.S.
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    Impact of production consumption, exports and stocks on the price of natural rubber in Sri Lanka
    (Rubber Research Institute:Agalawatta, 1997) Wijesuriya, B.W.; Thattil, R.O.
    The relationship between price of Natural Rubber (NR)with factors such as:production,consumption,exports and stocks are important in identifying the nature of competetion and therefore reveals the market structure for NR.This paper examines these relationships and also the seasonal variation of these factors,using time series statistical tools,viz Cross Correlation Functions (CCF)and seasonal indices. There is a marked seasonality in production with values below average during April to October (2nd and 3rd quarters).Prices tend to fall when the production rises.A similar phenomenon was observed between price and exports.However,the effect of production or exports on price is mild. A similar pattern of seasonal variation was observed for consumption and stocks of NR.More rubber is consumed during the latter part of the year.An accumulation of stocks was observed towards the end of the year.However,price of NR was not significantly related to consumption or stocks.This is mainly due to the fact that only a few buyers influence prices through their purchase and by adjustments of stocks as in an oligopolistic market.