Coconut Farming

Parliament on Wednesday passed the Coconut Development Board (Amendment) Bill, 2021 as Lok Sabha gave its approval amid uproar by the Opposition over Pegasus snooping row and the three central farm laws.

Coconut Development Board Act will be amended as part of efforts to increase coconut farming.

An estimated 10 lakh coconut trees have died across Tamil Nadu's Salem district, farmers have said, due to the state's worst drought in 140 years.

Congress-led UDF government in Kerala today asked the Centre to include new works like paddy cultivation, homestead farming, coconut farming and coir yarn production under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREG) Scheme.

Shortage of trained nut pluckers is a grim farm sector problem in Kerala but for 37-year-old Selvin Chacko coconut plucking is a hi-tech profession involving car, mobile and even a dedicated website.

Parliament on Wednesday passed the Coconut Development Board (Amendment) Bill, 2021 as Lok Sabha gave its approval amid uproar by the Opposition over Pegasus snooping row and the three central farm laws.

Coconut Development Board Act will be amended as part of efforts to increase coconut farming.

An estimated 10 lakh coconut trees have died across Tamil Nadu's Salem district, farmers have said, due to the state's worst drought in 140 years.

Congress-led UDF government in Kerala today asked the Centre to include new works like paddy cultivation, homestead farming, coconut farming and coir yarn production under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREG) Scheme.

Shortage of trained nut pluckers is a grim farm sector problem in Kerala but for 37-year-old Selvin Chacko coconut plucking is a hi-tech profession involving car, mobile and even a dedicated website.