Dhurandhar actor R. Madhavan spent three years reviving a dry land in Palani, Tamil Nadu, into a thriving coconut farm. He followed an expe...

Attacks by pests, and farmer's disinclination to cultivate coconuts, has caused coconut prices to surge in Goa, putting the nut beyond the ...

In the wake of widespread criticism over amendment to Tree Preservation Act, Goa government today announced formation of Coconut Developmen...

The rising popularity of tender coconut water as a health drink has in the last couple of years pushed demand for dwarf palms in the southe...

Before the walkout, CPI-M veteran V S Achuthanandan said LDF had warned then itself about the negative impact of the ASEAN agreement on dom...

Many of the 25 coconut producers have started production of neera and associated products, ensuring a minimum income of Rs 1,000 per tree a...

With around 6,00,000 coconut farmers in it, the consortium formed by 12 companies is aiming at marketing Neera at a uniform price.

Coconut Development Board has suggested a uniform price to avoid cut-throat competition among the producer companies

This will bring much-needed relief for them as they can earn up to Rs 1,500 from a palm a month with neera.

Farmers pool resources to look after plantations, buy inputs through bargains & combat labour shortage by using machines to pluck coconuts ...

Producing more value-added products from coconut will increase the income of the farmers. The Philippines and Sri Lanka have been quite suc...

There is intense competition from other remunerative crops. In Malaysia, cultivation of oil palms is on the rise, says Romulo N Arancon.

Kerala, and India, hasn't really cracked the full potential of this hard nut. But as the world wakes up to this rehydrating, natural, energ...

Kerala co-operation minister G Sudhakaran is the latest knight-in-armor to attempt to save the coconut farm sector in the state.

Spiralling coconut oil price is spreading cheer among coconut farmers, while the traders are a worried lot as there is no sign of a let-up ...

The Centre's decision to slash the import duty on edible oils including palm oil is likely to hit thousands of coconut farmers in Kerala.

International Coconut Summit (ICS) on Friday drew a 12-point 'Kochi Declaration' to lay emphasis on adopting organic agriculture for coconu...