Coir Board invites applications for certificate and diploma training courses with stipend and hostel facilities.

ALAPPUZHA: The 200-year-old history of coir sector in the country will be showcased at the coir museum scheduled to come up here soon. The work on preserving the centuries-old buildings of coir ...

For many, Pollachi may bring to mind tall coconut trees, mounds of coconut husks being dried in large plots of land. One of the largest producers of coconut in the country, the district is yet to reap ...

Pollachi, one of the world’s largest exporters of coir fibre and pith, is facing a setback like never before. Coir manufacturers are stocking thousands of tonnes because the prices have fallen to a ...

Coir rope and paposh (door mat) making has always been an indigenous cottage industry at Sutiakathi Union of Swarupkathi (Nesarabad upazila ) of Pirojpur District for long. Abundance of coconut trees ...

Anyone who has ever cared for plants has probably purchased commercial potting soil at some point in their lives – but did you know that almost all commercial potting soils are made from peat – a ...

Babu A., 55, of Komalapuram in Alappuzha, is a proven coirmat-maker. A coir worker for the past 40 years, Babu is, however, disenchanted now, thanks to low wages and days without work. “In the coir ...