Coconut Farming:- Coconut plays very significant role in Asian
economy and grown throughout tropical world.
Dried coconut kernels (copra) and coconut oil is widely used in soap
manufacturing, cosmetics and hair oils. Coconuts also used in many industrial
products, which husk is source of fibre used in coir industry. The tender coconut
water is a popular thirst quencher of health and virgin coconut oil (VCO),
extracted from fresh coconut kernel without any chemical processes is full of
vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants, thus making the coconut oils as “mother
of all oils”. In India, commercial cultivation of coconut is major contributor
of rural economy; these nuts are cultivated not only in coastal area but also
in other states. With good farm management practices farmers can achieve
maximum yield and thus profits. Coconut is cultivated in more than 93 countries
of the world and Indonesia, Philippines, India are the major production
countries in the world. In India, Kerala, Karnataka, TamilNadu, Telangana,
Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Goa, West Bengal, Pondicherry, Maharashtra and Islands
of Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar, Gujarat, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar,
Tripura, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland are major commercial
production and traditional cultivated states. Coconut belongs to the family of
“Arecaceae” (Palm family) and genus of “Cocos”. To Read more click here.
