| Chapter No. | Chapter Title | Chapter Author | Page No. |
| GENESIS AND GROWTH | | |
| The Story of Rubber producers' Society (RPS) | P.C. Cyriac IAS | 18 |
| Rubber Producersa Society- Origin and Development | P. Mukundan Menon | 23 |
| Institutional Innovation in the Rubber Small Holding Sector in India; Exploring PPP options | Dr. A.K. Krishna Kumar | 26 |
| Rubber Producers' Society (RPS)- A Responsible Partnership Synergy (RPS) | Dr. J. Thomas | 29 |
| RPS Movement- Reminiscences of a Contemporary Officer | George Jacob | 32 |
| ANALYSIS OF IMPACT ON NR SECTOR | | |
| Evolution and impact of infrastructure development | P.G. Salimkumar | 36 |
| Capacity building of rubber farmers in the northeastern region | P.V. Claramma, P.C. Goswamy, DR. Premkishor | 45 |
| Quality upgradation of NR- Role of group Processing centres (GPC) | K.H. Jacob, K.C. Babu | 50 |
| Group processing centres in Nilambur Region and Their role in price realisation | A.S. Rakshith, B. Sreekumar | 54 |
| Influence of RPS in the Growth and Performance of NR Sector in tripura | Arunabha Majumdar, Shyamal Sen, J. Chandrasenan Nair | 59 |
| Controlled mechanisation in Rubber Cultivation- Case Study | K. Ajith Kumar | 66 |
| Disease Management- with Special Reference to Corynespora leaf Disease | Thomas Babu, Ance Mathew | 72 |
| Adoption of Scientific Harvesting Practicesthrough farm School | Darly Lukose, Ajith Kumar, K.C. Jose | 80 |
| Labour Friendly Innovations in GPC | C. Mathew Joseph | 88 |
| RPS as Service providers | K.P. Antony, M.L. Raveendranatha Hegden | 94 |
| Apiculture- A promising Ancillary income Generation Activity- case Study | K.K. Bhaskaran | 99 |
| Labour Banks Under RPS | Jasmine Thomson , K. Ajithkumar | 105 |
| Role of RPS in the Socio-economic development of northeast India- A critical analysis | B. Rajeevan, P.C. Goswamy, Arunabha Majumdar | 111 |
| RPS for Women Empowerment | Jijo Jose, Ramesh B. Nair | 119 |
| RPS as Rural Training centres for Skill Upgradation of tappers | Kuruvilla Joseph, K.P. Rajeev | 122 |
| Charity face of RPS | Boban Mathai | 129 |
| Critical Factors limiting the Performance of RPS | M.N. Gopinath, Ramesh B. Nair, K.C. Babu, T.V. Mathew & Suja S. Nair | 135 |
| Grow in Groups-Strengthening of RPS and RPS Sector Companies | J. Chandrasenan Nair, K. Mukundan, A.S. Rakshit & S.M. Seena | 144 |
| Institutionalization-A Study on India's RPS as Value Creation in the Sector | Dr. V.G. Dhanakumar | 151 |
| ENTERPRISING INITIATIVES | | 159-178 |
| DIRECTORY OF RPS | | 179-226 |
