When plans were afoot to implement the MKSP scheme coconut tree climbing was given the preference. “Since the majority of Ernakulam district falls in the urban network, with not too much paddy ...

As the state government traded charges with Central agencies, coconut growers took the fight in their own hands to draw attention to the problems dogging Kerala's totem tree. Last week, a group of ...

Kerala even has a Coconut Museum. For most of these uses, coconuts have to be hand-picked while they're still green. If you wait until they fall off the tree naturally, they're already too ripe.

It is however, hard to imagine life without coconut in Kerala. With shortage in the traditional coconut tree climbers, the only option available was to enable a common farmer to climb the coconut ...