THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a significant intervention to revive Kerala’s struggling coir sector, the state government has announced the formation of a yarn bank to tackle the acute shortage of coir fibre.

COIMBATORE: No one would have imagined the scale of India's, and indeed the world's, dependence on China for solar panels, man-made fibre, electronics among various other products. The fact has become ...

Remember the olden days when every house had its own coir rope cots, people used to sit around in the verandah and chit-chat. The coir products were really ‘in’ then. From rope cots to mattings, to ...

Vasudevan K., 65, was born into a family of coir workers at Aryad, near Alappuzha. His first tryst with the golden fibre at a professional level came when he joined a chaapra (coir products ...

Aiming to stop the procuring of coir fibre from neighbouring states such as Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, the state government is planning to increase the availability of fibre in state by active ...

For many, Pollachi may bring to mind tall coconut trees, mounds of coconut husks being dried in large plots of land. One of the largest producers of coconut in the country, the district is yet to reap ...

Coir, or coconut fibre, is the natural fibre extracted from the husk of the coconut, and is a by-product of the coconut industry. Traditionally used or rope and mat making, it also has several uses ...

Kerala Budget, presented on February 2, had assured a second restructuring plan for coir sector, with a plan omnibus to the tune of Rs 1,200 crore for coir industry. (IE) Coir sector in Kerala has ...

Have you ever wondered what happens to the husk of coconut trees? If not, then it is time you plan a trip to the International Coir Museum in Alappuzha in the state of Kerala. Set amid the lazy ...

India's coir domestic market size is estimated to be Rs 3,500 crore. Coir exports in Kerala are getting back on the rails after skipping a prestigious event of its international expo last year, due to ...

A seminar organised on Friday in connection with the Coir Kerala 2021, an expo on coir and natural fibre products, stressed the need for constituting cooperative consortiums to ensure the availability ...