A new program has now been launched by the Rubber Development Department to rehabilitate your abandoned rubber plantation and earn a higher income.

• Benefits you will receive:

Financial assistance: 50% financial contribution to clean and prepare the land
Equipment kits: 50% financial contribution for a set of equipment including rain covers, tapping knives, latex collecting buckets, cups
Technical assistance: Training programs on tapping.
50% financial contribution for fertilizer
Other incentives

• Eligibility to apply:

Being a registered rubber land of less than 50 acres (preference is given to lands of less than 10 acres).
Agreeing for tapping continuously for 1 ½ years.
Being a mature plantation that has not been tapped for more than three months or has not started tapping even after 8 years or more of planting.
The land size should be such that at least 50% of the recommended number of rubber trees should be at a level where they can be tapped.
If tapping is done in panel D, there should be space in the panel for tapping for 1 ½ years.
There should be a person identified for tapping.

• How to apply?

Visit your local Rubber Development Officer or visit the website www.rubberdev.gov.lk to obtain the application form and submit the completed application form promptly.

For more information: Tel:
091 224 2490 Regional Office Galle
045 222 2756 Regional Office Ratnapura
034 222 2551 Regional Office Kalutara
035 222 2326 Regional Office Kegalle
055 227 7548 Regional Office Monaragala

Under the Rubber Cultivation and Related Training Programs implemented by the Rubber Development Department under the guidance of the Ministry of Plantations and Community Infrastructure, a training program to provide introductory knowledge on the Export Crops Module for students pursuing the Higher National Diploma in Agricultural Production Technology at Embilipitiya Technical College was conducted on 23.12.2025 at the Middeniya Government Rubber Plant Nursery.
There are practical activities on the topics of transplanting a rubber plant, using rain cover for rubber, producing rubber sheets, and growing additional crops along with rubber cultivation.
The resource contribution for this was made by the Nursery Manager, Senior Rubber Development Officer Wasantha Liyanage.

As another phase of the Farmer Group Establishment Program implemented by the Rubber Development Department under the guidance of the Ministry of Plantations and Community Infrastructure, a training program for farmer leaders in Matara and Hambantota districts was held at the Kamburupitiya Sub-Office on 24.12.2025.
Leaders of farmer groups belonging to the Katuwana, Suriyawewa and Walasmulla Rubber Development Officer Divisions of Hambantota district and the Kamburupitiya, Malimbada, Mulatiyana, Akuressa and Pitabeddara Rubber Development Officer Divisions of Matara district were invited to participate in this program, where they were given special awareness on the basic facts related to rubber cultivation as well as the "Rubber Land Mapping Program".
Rubber Development Officers from Matara and Hambantota districts participated in this training program, which was held under the guidance of Ms. D.S. Withanage, Director of the Galle Regional Office of the Rubber Development Department, with the resources of Ms. Nishamani Palihawadana, Senior Rubber Development Officer, Matara-Hambantota.