Hello Ghana ,today is another wonderful day  the lord has made and we must be great of what he has done in our life and in our country Ghana as a whole.we thank God for sustainability of peace and tranquility he bestowed our us every day..    
   Today ,on my world of rubber, we are going to be educated on where the rubber tree plantation  came  from, how and who developed the idea of rubber plantation and it name in the world.. I want you to relax and read the history of rubber in world.    
   what is rubber? It is a sticky, elastic solid produced from a milky liquid called "latex," which has different properties than the sap found in trees. Although latex is found in the bark, roots, and stems, branches, leaves, and fruit of over 400 different plants and trees, the bulk is found, and extracted, from the inner bark of the branches, and from the trunk, of the rubber tree. Quite simply, it would not be cost-effective to extract the latex from rubber producing plants, such as the dandelion, the milkweed, and the sagebrush. Just visualize some poor soul laboring over one of these with a syringe!

. It is used in making auto tires, industrial conveyor belts, condoms, surgical gloves, sporting equipment, shoes, sportswear and a wide range of goods for bicycles, cars, motorcycles, machinery, and an additive for other chemicals and other products.

The rubber tree originate in the Amazon. Latex has been used by Indians there since at least the 10th century for waterproofing clothes and footwear. Some South American Indians used the "woodskin" on their canoes. Up until a century a half ago only rainforest Indians knew how to tap latex from the tree.

In the 16th century, Spaniards with Cortes and Pizarro noticed Indians in the New World collecting white liquid from trees and using it to coat capes and moccasins and to make rubber balls for games. They called the substance "tree milk" but didn’t consider using it as a material themselves because it became sticky in hot weather.

Rubber was name in 1770 by the British chemist Joseph Drietsly, who was sent a ball of rubber from America and later discovered it rubbed out pencil marks. Although some Europeans new of rubber, it didn't become commercially important until the 19th century.

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 some top counties in  rubber production.

Thailand, 1698667 , 3166910; 2) Indonesia, 1567233 , 2921872; 3) Malaysia, 575213 , 1072400; 4) India, 439295 , 819000; 5) Viet Nam, 353796 , 659600; 6) China, 293861 , 547861; 7) Philippines, 220475 , 411044; 8) Côte d'Ivoire, 101124 , 188532; 9) Nigeria, 76702 , 143000; 10) Sri Lanka, 69321 , 129240; 11) Brazil, 64851 , 120905; 12) Liberia, 43446 , 81000; 13)Ghana....................................

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