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, …
Once, Bibile was famous for the goodness of 'Peni Dodam,' or oranges, just as apple-like big pears for Nuwaraeliya prior to the 1978 hurricane. Would the fate of gleaming red or yellow Rambutan in Malwana be similar? Yes, probably, it could be a matter of few more years before growers …
Thousands of families in the Southern province depending on the coir industry have lost their livelihood due to the shortage of coconut husks. They said the fragmentation of coconut estates as housing blocks and tsunami sites has resulted in this state of affairs and that the devastation caused by the …
The Coconut Cultivation Board has made arrangements to distribute 1.4 million coconut saplings among farmers who own small coconut lands that are under ten acres. This is done to strengthen and develop the coconut industry in Sri Lanka." Chairman, Kurunegala Pradeshiya Sabha Patrick Karunasinghe at a ceremony held at Mothawa, …
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8 Jan 2009, 0123 hrs IST, ANI WASHINGTON: Researchers at Baylor University have developed a new way to transform coconut husks into automotive interiors. They say that it is possible to make trunk liners, floorboards and car-door interior covers using fibres from the outer husks of coconuts, replacing the synthetic …
State plans 100-acre coconut farm in Thrissur. The crisis-ridden coconut farming sector in Kerala is set to get a helping hand in its bid to stay afloat. The Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra) is planning to launch a new platform that would bring farmers, processors and retailers together. It …
The Coconut Cultivation Board (CCB) has decided to suspend the planting of coconut in the Matara district temporarily to curb the spread of leaf-rot disease. Transport of coconut saplings from Matara to other districts has banned and instructions were already issued to police to take action against those violate the …
Lakshadweep Islands' coconut industry tops in productivity and output of copra and coconut oil. However, growth of the industry has been stunted by the lack of allied manufacturing units and effective market delivery system. Coconut is the lifeline of Lakshadweep, the Indian archipelago comprising of 11 inhabited and 25 uninhabited …
Miscreants felled about 100 fruit-bearing plants, including over 50 coconut saplings, at a farm in Vaddy-Merces. The incident, which is believed to have occurred in the wee hours of Friday, became known only in the morning when the daughters of the owner, Anthony Pereira, went to the farm. Though the …
Red palm weevil is the most destructive pest of coconut. The adult weevil is reddish brown in colour with a life span of 70-130 days. The female weevil lays its eggs in soft tissues of young palms and in the wounds present on the stem or leaf stalk. The larval …
Coconut Development Board (CDB) will promote a new technology that controls pests in coconut trees. The technology that was invented by Bio-Control Research Laboratories (BCRL), a division of Pest Control India Pvt Ltd, would control the pests like Rhinoceros beetle (RB) and Red Palm Weevil (RPW) in coconut palms. CDB …
Yellowing disease strikes Sri Lanka's coconuts: Coconut trees in Sri Lanka's Southern province have been affected by a yellowing disease, said plantation industries minister D M Jayaratne in parliament recently. The disease is caused by a group of extremely small parasitic bacteria, phytoplasma, which probably came through a shipment of …
coconut farmers in Kerala have got tentative relief with the Kerala High Court lifting its stay on a ban on palm oil import through Kochi port. On November 20, the court said no consignment of palm oil should be imported till further orders. About 80,000 tonnes of palm oil reach …
The Philippine Coconut Authority is promoting biodiesel produced from coconut as an environment and engine-friendly renewable fuel for vehicles. Coconut biodiesel is a methyl ester derived from coconut oil. It is produced by the etherification of coconut oil and alcohol in the presence of a base catalyst. Due to its …
haycarb Ltd, a Sri Lankan firm, rated the world's best producer of quality coconut shell-based activated carbon, has accused Sweden's Jacobi Carbons Ltd of stealing its technology. Haycarb alleges Jacobi Carbons is trying to use scarce charcoal needed in activated carbon production, besides
Pacific island nations want to popularise the use of coconut oil as a fuel instead of the increasingly expensive petroleum products. This was revealed at a recent un conference on small islands, held at Mauritius. Vanuatu, the Pacific archipelago that uses 20 per cent of its annual budget to import …
a rejuvenated tender coconut water can now provide stiff competition to aerated soft drinks, thanks to a new technology that increases its shelf-life. Normally, due to microbial spoilage, the beneficial proprieties of the water cannot be retained for more than seven days after the coconuts are harvested, making it impossible …
dibyaranjan Dash, a farmer of the Puri district of Orissa, has a forlorn look on his face as he mutely watches the basis of his endurance fade into extinction. A killer has been let loose in his fields and it is ruthlessly devouring all the coconuts
