Coconut Production and Marketing in India - An Overview

The Coconut palm is one of the most useful plants. It is grown in more than 80 countries of the world. Indonesia and the Philippines are the first and the second largest coconut producing country in the world. India is the third largest coconut producing country having an area of about 1.78 million hectares under the crop. Annual production is about 7562 million nuts with an average of 5295 nuts per hectare. South East Asia is regarded as the origin of the coconut. It is mainly cultivated in Philippines, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia etc.

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Il Dr. B S Shivakumaraswamy lavora attualmente come professore assistente nel dipartimento di Economia, Government First grade college, Virajpet, distretto di Kodagu, Karnataka. Insegna economia da più di 12 anni. Il suo interesse di ricerca è nello studio dell'agricoltura del cocco nel distretto di Tumkur.