Coconut farmers associations plea to authorities

In a memorandum to Tamil Nadu Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, the affiliation identified that the establishing of KVK at Pattukottai, as a substitute of on the Agricultural College at Echankottai, had sure benefits by way of infrastructure improvement and logistics.

The KVK could possibly be arrange directly on main capital outlay on the Regional Extension Training Centre (RETC), Pattukottai, the place land and buildings had been out there. Also, East Coast Road was a wonderful logistics hall for export of value-added coconut and different agricultural merchandise to succeed in the ocean and air-borne cargo infrastructure services at Tuticorin.

Claiming that the massive focus of coconut farming in Pattukottai and Peravurani area would guarantee long-term rural employment alternatives from technical employees and filed demonstrators to enter provides, value-addition models and market hyperlink facilitators, the affiliation mentioned the establishing of a coconut-focused KVK at Pattukottai would assist present the newest, best-practice applied sciences in varietal choice, water-use effectivity, nutrient administration, pest surveillance and post-harvest worth addition on to small and marginal coconut farmers, who presently depend on outdated strategies.