Coir pith has emerged as a major item of foreign exchange earnings in the export basket of the country over the last five years. It has accounted for 50 per cent of coir and coir product exports in ...

Indian coir pith exports are likely to benefit further from the proposed move by England to ban peat moss sales - a primary ingredient in seed-starting and potting mixes - from 2024. Mahadevan ...

Kochi: Environmental degradation has had a surprising side effect. It has given a new lease of life to Kerala’s age-old coir industry and fuelled the rise in demand for two of its products—coir ...

Three environment-friendly products developed by the National Coir Research and Management Institute (NCRMI) here are set to enter the market. Bags made using coir as an alternative to plastic grow ...

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 ...

National Coir Research and Management Institute (NCRMI) has made a breakthrough in the process of manufacturing coir pith from coir fibre, which could help realize the country’s coir export target of ...