Coconut Production and Marketing in India - An Overview

ISBN-13: 9786204735009 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str.

B S Shivakumaraswamy

Opis

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.

O autorze

Shivakumaraswamy, B SDr. B S Shivakumaraswamy is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the department of Economics, Government First grade college, Virajpet, Kodagu district, Karnataka. He has been teaching economics for more than 12 years. His research interest is in the study of coconut agriculture in Tumkur district.