Kerala is often referred to as ‘The land of Coconuts’. Harvesting of matured coconut is a traditional practice in Kerala. But this picture is gradually changing.
- Labor shortage is a severe problem, those who are presently in climbing occupation don’t want their children in this field. Coconut should be plucked at every 45-60 day generally but because of unavailability of climbers harvesting is possible only after six months.
- The wage for climbing trees has increased to Rs 40 each tree(it is much higher in certain areas)
- Productivity per tree reduced drastically because of the diseases and pest. In some cases it is as low as 10 nuts per year. Such a low number of nuts are not even able tore turn back input cost.
- Other expenses Knowledge Based Information on Coconut (in Tamilnadu is shown)
- Least 20 per cent of the production is being lost due to this.
Coconut
cultivation in Kerala is dying as it is not a profitable; this is due
to decreasing land holding, increasing input cost and cost of
cultivation and less price of the produce.
The production cost is naturally reflected in the coconut price.
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