The Indian Rubber Plantation sector dominated by smallholdings, accounts for almost 87% of the production. The preponderance of the small and marginal growers makes the sector vulnerable to fluctuations in price. Also they experience difficulty in gaining access to technology and information. In...

In this paper, we report the extension of the life of rubber materials that are subject to large deformations. Unlike conventional robots, soft robots, which have been attracting increased attention in recent years, often undergo large deformations of the robot itself; thus, the lifespan of these...

This paper develops a new method for estimating production-function parameters that can be applied in differentiated-product industries with endogenous quality and variety choice. We take advantage of data on physical quantities of outputs and inputs from the Colombian manufacturing survey,...