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Coconut Development BoardKochi

Established under an Act of Parliament, Coconut Development Board Act, 1979

Came into existence on 12.01.1981

Total membership of the Board is 24

Headquarters of CDB is at Kochi, Kerala

Regional Offices, State Centres and demonstration-cum-seed production (DSP) farms in different part of country

Highlights:

Organizational Setup

Adopting measures for coconut industries to benefit small farmers

Recommendation for marketing of coconut and its products in India

Providing financial assistance

Deciding MSP for coconut and its products

Fixing grades, specifications and standards for coconut and its products

Functions of the Board

Schemes for conventional coconut growing areas to increase production and productivity

Setting up of Regional Offices and other agencies

Assisting, encouraging, promoting or financing agricultural, technological, industrial or economic research

Imparting technical advice to any person who is engaged in the cultivation of coconut or the processing or the marketing of coconut and its products.

Publishing Periodicals, Books and Bulletins related to coconut

Cont….

“A Study on Coconut situation in Traditional Coconut growing area and status of Implementation of the scheme ‘Replanting and Rejuvenation of Coconut Gardens’ in Pappinivattam village of Mathilakam block, Thrissur district Kerala.”

Project title

To study the implementation of the scheme “Replanting and Rejuvenation of Coconut Gardens” and channels of implementations in Pappinivattam village of Mathilakam block, Thrissur district.

To study the Socio economic status of the coconut farmers.

To study other activities related to coconut like climbing, toddy tapping , copra business

To study the marketing channels of coconut in that region.

Objectives

Transect walk Door to Door visit.

Interviewing people attached to coconut

Meeting with Government officials.

Graphical representation of the data

Statistical analysis

METHODOLOGY

1. Project preparation by cluster

2. Project Implementation

Cutting and removal Rejuvenation 3. Inspection

4. Monitoring  

Channels of Implementation:

The work of marking the diseased palms is competed in the village.

We have done the inspection work for 330 households to verify whether the data is correct.

Accuracy is around 95% which is appreciable.

Inspection work:

Name :Papinnivattam Nearest town : Irinjalakuda Area of the village : 636 hectares Important commodity : Coir No . Of households : 400 ( approximately) Population : 1500 ( approximately) Main occupation : Farming Un irrigated area : 25 hectares

About village:

Landholding of coconut farmers

Number of coconut trees per households

up to 5

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No. of coconut trees

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Root wilt affected trees

healthy plants89%(10921)

Old and senile plants(bearing)

1%(162)

Root wilt affected plants(bearing)10%(1241)

Root wilt affected young plants(non bearing)0%(32)

Total number of coconut trees = 12356

66%

24%

10%

sources of irrigation for coconut garden

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Items In year 2010

Total nuts produced in a year 396415

Average yield (nuts/ha/year) 5745

Avg. productivity(nuts/tree/year) 29.5

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Primary occupation of Households surveyed

no. of households

Primary occupations

Monthly income and expenditure of households

22%

18%46%

7%

6%

% of expenditure shared for different things

education

health

food

entertainment

travelling

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Income/month/household

Other coconut related activities

Name : Sateeshan Village : Papinnivattam Religion : Hindu (Ezhava) Category: SC Age : 36

1. Climbers

Avg. working days/month – 20

Avg. income Rs. 1000/month

Avg. expenditure Rs. 8000/month

Avg. working hours/day- 7

Insurance for climbers

2. Toddy Tappers

Name : Sajeevan Village : Koolimuttam Religion : Hindu Caste : Ezhava Age : 43

Income per month: 7000-8000/-

Expenditure per month: 7000/-(depends on income)

Working hours – 4

License is required for toddy tapping

Toddy tapper should not collect toddy from more than 7 trees.

They tap the unopened inflorescence selected for toddy extraction for around 15 days before extraction from bottom to top.

They sell toddy either to cooperative society or to any private seller.

There is usually 1 year agreement made between worker and the Private agency and in this time insurance and PF is given to worker by that agency.

Toddy tapping is more beneficial than coconut selling.

Trees are marked (7 in number) with the licensed member name and his number in short.

Toddy tappers use deer/buffalo bone to tap the inflorescence.

Highlights of Toddy Tapping:

3. Businessmen (Copra making, Primary Processing unit):

Name : Francis Pallipat Village : PapinnivattamReligion : Christian Age : 56

Income per month:20000/-

Expenditure:7000/-

They collect the dried coconuts from the farmers at around Rs.8-9/nut.

They sell copra which is extracted and dried for around Rs.6500/quintal(Paper rate)

4.Trader:

Name : Prem Kumar Village : Pelumbaloor Religion : Hindu (Ezhava) Age : 46

Income per month: 25000/-

Expenditure per month: 10000/-

They will buy coconuts from the farmers and sell to the hotels. They collect from around 100 villages and sell to around 20 hotels in that village.

They gain a net profit of 40 paisa per coconut.

He has 2 workers working for his business and they get around Rs.500/month.

Marketing channels of coconut

Coconut farmer

Primary processing centre(Copra making)

Oil mill at Irinjalakuda (KLF

and KPL)

Retailers, hotels,functions etc.

It is expected that the project will result in cutting and removal of approx 143.593 lakhs

Disease affected palms, rejuvenation of coconut gardens in an area of 1.35 lakhs ha in three selected districts of Kerala and Andaman Nicobar Islands, which will increase productivity of coconuts.

Additional income and employment generated through coconut based integrated farming system will improve the livelihood security of small and marginal farmers’/ agricultural workers in coconut sector and result in increased production of 150-650 million nuts at value of Rs.75-325 crore per year.

Benefits from the project:

Apart from Root wilt, major problem in the village for decline in coconut production is attack of rats and flying bats on nuts.

There is no problem regarding irrigating palms as water available throughout the year and with proper care of palms, yield can be easily improved.

Some activities like Toddy tapping, copra business, and wholesale business are profitable compared to coconut cultivation.

Land holding of coconut farmers is very less and is around 50 cents on an average.

Liquor consumption is very high in the village and around 25-30% of income of a household goes on Liquor consumption.

Key learning’s:

Every household on an average use at least 1 coconut every day for preparation of dishes.

Cooperatives in the village is not working properly.

Farmers are cheated at oil mills by improper grading of copra.

Many people in the village are in gulf countries as they find it as good source of income.

Cont……

Land holding of the coconut farmers is very less.

For many households, Coconut farming is secondary source of income.

Coconut production is declining because of reasons like high infestation by diseases and pests, Lack of interest shown by farmers on coconut cultivation and shifting in cultivation to other commercial crops/Plantations.

CDB mostly depend on Agriculture dept. for the implementation of the scheme.

Conclusions:

Palakkad, which is main region where disease is prevalent, is not covered under the project.

There is a need of healthy and disease resistant seedlings in large number for replanting which is a hard task.

Farmers are clearly aware about the project in detail.

Contd…….

As the details collected by Local conveners are 95% accurate, they can immediately go for cutting of trees.

For more supply of coconut seedlings, tie-ups with CPCRI,SAU’s,big Farmers on contract for supply of seedlings can yield better results.

Providing insurance schemes for climbers and toddy tappers and to make it compulsory.

To cover Palakkad district if possible in the next financial year.

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