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Originally Posted by BolliBatlu
Coconut park planned in Dakshina Kannada district
I wish Pilikula heritage village can augument plans to encourge coconut shell crafts, coir products, crokery and cutlery.
There are so many other husk and shell products like pots, pellets, grow bag blocks, bio-plastics. There is a bottled coconut water supplier in nearby Kasargod. There are so many other food products like coconut jaggery, jam, honey, chips or flakes, cookies, chutney powder. And beautiproducts like moisturisers, shower gels, shampoos, exfoliators, detergents and surfactants.
‘Tremendous scope for making value-added products’
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut
Coconut growers plan to market Neera as health drink
Kalparasa, heath drink from coconut tree, could be a hit
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There are more products of coir like coir-plywood (
MDF,
Particle board), geotextile products listed in following links.
Central Coir Research Institute
FOCUS -- >> COIR BOARD of INDIA - IAS OUR DREAM
Coconut Industrial Park can include recyling industries also.
Reduce, recycle, reuse
Coconut can also contribute to the growth of wellness industry. Coconut charcoal is used in Ayurveda.
Ayurvedic Coir | Medical Efficiency
Ayurvedic Herbal Coir Razai
The proposed '
Ayurvedic Research Centre' at Sirasi is also going to give a boost to wellness tourism in coastal and malenadu region.
Dakshina Kannada has small research instiututes on horticultural crops.
Vittal - Central Plantation Crops Research Institute - Arecanut & Coca
Directorate of Cashew Research, Puttur
Puttur & Vittal centers should be updated to have research & innovation facilities for processing machines, cashewnut shell products like Cardolite products. Or atleast they can collaborate with local colleges for innovations.
Wonder whether we can make arecanut fibre plywood & other products similar to coconut fibre products.