Tirupur: The World Coconut Day celebrations of the Horticulture Department on Thursday was marked by village-level promotional campaigns creating awareness on the importance of the coconut and encouraging more investment into the sector.
September 2 was observed as Word Coconut day according to the decision taken by the Asian and Pacific Coconut Community in which India is a member. Assistant Director of Horticulture S. Krishnakumar said that few set of coconut growers were taken out on an exposure visit to progressive farms at Chinnaputhur village under Dharapuram block where micro irrigation systems had been successfully used to raise the crop. “We also explained to the agriculturists how coconut cultivation could be utilised to gain value-addition as it is less labour intensive,” he added.
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