Say with destruction of the trees, the identity of Goa is at stake; Slam Rohan and Vijai for their silence GUIRIM: Activists, youth and concerned citizens were up in arms against the rampant felling and destruction of the avenue of coconut trees along the Guirim-Porvorim stretch of National Highway 17, …
P K Balachandran | ENS THOUGH it was announced at the end of last year, that Sri Lanka would import millions of coconuts from Kerala to make up for a shortage of this essential cooking ingredient, it is now learnt that there may be no imports from Kerala because of …
Back to 'Something's Cooking' Fig in coconut sauce by Sharmila Sinha This traditional Bengali cuisine made from raw figs is high in energy. It is served to the jamai (son-in-law) on the jamai shosti, which falls in mid-June. The recipe is also an ideal source for various minerals like potassium, …
COIMBATORE: Field staff of the Department of Agriculture and scientists of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) have been asked to be vigilant on the possible invasion by coconut leaf beetle pest. P. Murugesa Boopathi, Vice-Chancellor of TNAU, cautioned them telling that the pest had already entered Thailand, Philippines, Myanmar, …
Natural disasters are a tragic interruption to the development process. Lives are lost, social networks are disrupted and capital investments are destroyed. And when development plans are laid and disaster strikes development funds are diverted to the emergency. Additional aid is directed to relief and reconstruction needs to get the …
It was May 2009. S Abdul Rahman at Cumbam village in Tamil Nadu’s Theni district was worried about his coconut plantations. The palm trees were drying at the roots, leaflets were bending and the older leaves were completely dry. These were dreaded symptoms he knew well. Neighbouring farms were also …
It’s early morning. As a speeding passenger bus approaches the Acharya Vihar crossing in Bhubaneswar, a man on the roadside waves a coconut wrapped in a piece of red cloth. The bus screeches to a halt. The conductor hurries down and accepts the fruit. Barely after a kilometre, the bus …
Coconut leaf vermiwash (CLV) was produced from actively vermicomposting coconut leaf litter + cow dung substrate (10 : 1 w/w basis) by Eudrilus sp. It significantly increased the seedling vigour index of cowpea and paddy at 1 : 10 and 1 : 15 dilutions in laboratory trials. Field trials carried …
DIMAPUR, April 30: A training cultivation of coconut in foothill areas was held at State Horticulture Nursery (Green Park) on Thursday with Regional Director, Coconut Development Board (Guwahati) Sugata Ghose as chief guest and Dr J C Acharia as the resource person. With approximately 1200 hectares, Nagaland has entered into …
Coimbatore: The Tamil Nadu Organic Certification Department (TNOCD), led by Director of Organic Certification A. Karmugilan, conducted a surprise inspection of a 15-acre coconut farm at Mettulakshminaikkanpalayam, near Sulur village. M.A. Srinivasan, a retired Deputy Superintendent of Police and the owner of the farm, said that for the last two-and-a-half …
N V Vijayakumar, Sep 10, Bangalore: With the European Union and American companies thronging India for activated carbon, there is a growing momentum for coconut shell procurement in the coconut burrows of Karnataka. Coconut shells Here
A Satish PALAKKAD: Indiscriminate sand mining has been the bane of the Bharathapuzha. But, now a new trend has been spreading like cancer in the rural areas of Palakkad. The plummeting prices of coconuts and the lucrative returns from illegal sand mining vis-a-vis tapping of coconut palms have seen farmers …
Over 3000 acres of coconut grooves along Birur-Lingadalli road in Kadur taluk have been infested by the black headed caterpillar. Partial view of the coconut trees affected by black headed caterpillar at Balliganur. DH PHOTO The saplings are drying due to the attack by the worm. The problem is severe …
ALAPPUZHA: K C Venugopal MP inaugurated the project of Mannanchery grama panchayat to plant 1,000 coconut saplings at Ponnadu ward as part of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP) here on Monday. Panchayat president A M Haneef who presided over the function said that the initiative would be implemented …
A forum consisting of Scientists has been appointed to diagnose diseases affecting coconut cultivation in the country and recommend remedial measures with special focus on a disease affecting coconut palms in the South, the Plantation Industries Ministry said. This forum was appointed at a special discussion presided over by the …
Hyderabad, June 28 Coconut Development Board is working on blending coconut oil with some specified vegetable oils to make it more acceptable as a cooking medium, according to Ms Minnie Mathew, Chairman, Coconut Development Board. Delivering the inaugural address at a national seminar on
Pacific Bio-Fields Holdings Plc said it has received approval to use 400,000 hectares of land to plant coconut trees in the Philippines to make alternative auto fuel, which it aims to sell to Japanese users in five years. The company, which plans to list on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative …
