Trivandrum: A new portable coir fibre extractor with built-in crusher, developed by the Thiruvananthapuram based National Coir Research Management Institute (NCRMI), was commissioned by Minister for Revenue & Coir, Shri Adoor Prakash today.
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Nigerian delegation in Kerala to study Indian rubber sector
Kottayam: A team of nine officials and smallholders from Nigeria has arrived in Kerala to visit Rubber Board and rubber estates and smallholdings in India. The visit is under the Rubber Project of International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) funded by Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) with IRSG as the supervisory body. The team is headed by Dr. Timothy Unuigboje, Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria (RRIN).
Read MoreDelhi meet gives fillip to export potential of Coir Board
Kochi: The Coir Board has estimated an export potential of Rs.37 crores after it interacted with 52 delegates from 24 countries who evinced keen interest in buying the diversified products and modern machineries of the government-allied organisation.
Read MoreNetherlands to set up CoEs in Piggery, Dairy & Horticulture
Trivandrum: A Centre of Excellence for Piggery in India supported by Netherlands was symbolically launched in Thiruvananthapuram by the State Minister for Agriculture & Animal Husbandry, Shri K P Mohanan and HE Alphonsus Stoelinga, Netherlands Ambassador to India, who was heading a trade delegation from Netherlands as part of the Knowledge Cooperation Mission to Kerala.
Read MoreCoir Board devises way to generate energy from coir pith
Trivandrum: Call them new waves of energy. The endless stacks of coir pith that litter the shores of peninsular India can now benefit mankind as an energy resource, courtesy a path-breaking initiative by the Coir Board.
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