COCONUT CLIMBERS
Tips on how to turn tiny corners of your home into lush green spaces
City gardeners share tips on how to turn tiny corners of your home into lush green spaces
Sway with the palm tops by the bucolic backwaters of Kerala
Kerala’s backwaters — a cluster of brackish lagoons lying parallel to the Arabian Sea — have been extolled endlessly.
Coconut industry opting dwarf palms due to shortage of climbers & rising demand for packaged water
The rising popularity of tender coconut water as a health drink has in the last couple of years pushed demand for dwarf palms in the southern states.
Plan a quick getaway to Kerela's Poovar Island or Himachal's peaceful Tabo Monastery
ET-Travel suggests you take a casual day off at work to make the most of an extended weekend in coming months. Here's where you can head to.
US expats Jackie Stenson & Diana Jue tie up with local retail stores to supply low-cost, essential tech
Essmart Global – a distribution startup launched in 2012 – is focussed on taking essential life-improving technologies to the hinterlands of Tamil Nadu.
Court, commando cover for Kerala's Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple treasure pile
Giving due respect to the contents of the temple vaults, the commandos are brandishing AK-47s and not .303 rifles.
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Kerala going nuts over attempt to develop palm-climbing robot
Satheesh C, a young engineer, is in relentless pursuit to develop a robot to harvest coconuts, in the backdrop of a stinging dearth of coconut climbers.
In Kerala it's the price, not coconuts, that fall
Kerala govt offers mlns for harvesting coconuts without human climbing.
Labour shortage cripples plantation sector
Shortage of labour is now threatening to paralyse the plantation of south.
Robot could solve coconut climber problem
As coconut growers around the world throw up their hands in despair unable to cope with the scarcity of palm climbers, a solution is in the making in Kerala in the form of a robot.
Coconut's own country seeks ideas to reach the nuts
For Kerala's coconut growers the tall trees present an inherent problem in the backdrop of a labour shortage: The trouble of reaching the nuts.
Coconut board works out strategies to raise yield
Hybrid and dwarf palms may finally be the answer to a vexing problem faced by Kerala, the largest producer of coconuts in the country.
New varieties to solve climber shortage and low yield in coconut
Hybrid and dwarf palms may finally be the answer to a vexing problem faced by Kerala, the largest producer of coconuts in the country.
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