Curriculum Vitae of Dr.B.Subburaj
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Professor and Head Department of Cooperation Phone: 0451 – 2454588 (O) 0451 – 2451001 (R) Mobile: 09443345901 e-mail: bommayasubbu@gmail.com |
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Ph.D., D.H.Ed., M.Cop., | |
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27 years |
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Involvement in Institute Development
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Curriculum / Course Development in other Universities / Bodies
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(Ph.D guided and completed)
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(Ph.D work - on going) |
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Particulars |
Project Cost (Rs. in lakhs) |
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Survey on marketing of tender coconut in Tamil Nadu, Coconut Development Board, Kochi,- Feb 2009 |
4.86 |
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Base line survey under IWDP in 14 Blocks in Dindigul District – DRDA, Dindigul, Dec-2007 |
1.40 |
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Programme on Knowledge, Beliefs and Institutions – Kozmetsky Global Collaboratory at Stanford, California, USA, 2005. |
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New Generation Cooperatives for Integrated Development of Coconuts – Participatory Planning and Action in Dindigul District of Tamilnadu (Under Rastriya Sam Vikas Yojana - Union Planning Commission, GOI), New Delhi, 2004. |
66.00 |
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Demonstration and Adoption of Technologies on Coconuts: Participatory Planning and Action in Dindigul District of Tamilnadu (sponsored by Coconut Development Board, Ministry of Agriculture, GOI), Kochi. 2003. |
18.00 |
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An Assessment of the Impact of State on Cooperative Movement in Tamilnadu (sponsored by UGC, GOI), New Delhi. 2003. |
2.89 |
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Demand, Cost and Supply of Non-Traditional Coconut Products in Tamilnadu – funded by Coconut Development Board, Ministry of Agriculture, GOI, Kochi, March 2002. |
5.28 |
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Assessment of Socio-Economic Impact of Cooperative Movement – funded by the Tamilnadu Cooperative Union, Chennai, 2001. |
1.77 |
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Participatory Appraisal on Marketing of Coconuts – Practices, Problems and Prospects in Tamilnadu – funded by the Ministry of Rural Areas & Employment, GOI, New Delhi, 1998. |
2.32 |
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Organisational Linkages among Dairy Cooperatives-UGC- (unassigned grant) 1997. |
0.10 |
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Books Edited / Published (Since 1994) |
Research Monographs
Research Papers (Since 1994)
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Programme |
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Sponsor |
Beneficiaries |
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A three day workshop on "Marketing Management for DSMS Functionaries" |
13th – 15th December 2004 |
State Institute of Rural Development, Maraimalainagar, Tamilnadu |
40 |
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A three day workshop on "Sales Management for Self Help Micro Enterprises |
22nd – 24th June 2005 |
State Institute of Rural Development, Maraimalainagar, Tamilnadu |
40 |
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A three day workshop on "Sales Management for Self Help Micro Enterprises |
22nd – 24th June 2005 |
State Institute of Rural Development, Maraimalai nagar, Tamilnadu |
40 |
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Programme |
Place |
Period |
Funding agency |
Beneficiaries |
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One day training & demonstration on on-farming technologies on coconuts |
Mallaiyapuram |
20th Sept 2004 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Farmers Self Help Societies |
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One day training & demonstration on on-farming technologies on coconuts |
K.Dharmathupatty |
21st Sept 2004 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Farmers Self Help Societies |
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One day training & demonstration on on-farming technologies on coconuts |
M.Pudupatty |
22nd Sept 2004 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Farmers Self Help Societies |
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One day training & demonstration on on-farming technologies on coconuts |
Vannampatty |
23rd Sept 2004 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Farmers Self Help Societies |
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One day training & demonstration on on-farming technologies on coconuts |
Nagayagoundan patty |
24th Sept 2004 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Farmers Self Help Societies |
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One day training & demonstration on on-farming technologies on coconuts |
Authoor |
25th Sept 2004 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Farmers Self Help Societies |
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One day training on coir production |
Pollachi |
16th October 2004 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Farmers Self Help Societies |
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One day training on coir production |
Pollachi |
17th October 2004 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Farmers Self Help Societies |
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One day training on coir production |
Pollachi |
25th October 2004 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Farmers Self Help Societies |
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One day training on coir production |
Pollachi |
27th October 2004 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Workers Self Help Societies (women) |
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One day Field Exposure visit cum Training on Coir Spinning (off-farm) |
Kalikkampatty |
25th October 2004 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
Women Self Help Coconut Workers Society under the RSVY-IDC project |
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One day Field Exposure visit cum Training on Coir Spinning (off-farm) |
Sangalpatty |
27th October 2004 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
Coconut Workers Self Help Society, under the RSVY-IDC project |
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One day training on Participatory Rural Appraisal |
Pallapatty |
22nd March 2005 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Workers Self Help Society |
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One day training on Participatory Rural Appraisal |
Bodikamanvadi |
19th March 2005 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Workers Self Help Society |
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One day training on Participatory Rural Appraisal |
Devarappanpatty |
on 20th March 2005 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Farmers Self Help Society |
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One day training on Participatory Rural Appraisal |
Bodikamanvadi |
21st March 2005 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Workers Self Help Society |
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One day training on Participatory Rural Appraisal |
Pallapatty |
22nd March 2005 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Workers Self Help Society |
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One day training on Participatory Rural Appraisal |
Kollapatty |
23rd March 2005 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Workers Self Help Societies |
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One day training on Participatory Rural Appraisal |
Bodikamanvadi |
26th March 2005 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Workers Self Help Society |
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One day training on Participatory Rural Appraisal |
Nagayagoundan patty |
29th March 2005 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Farmers Self Help Societies |
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One day training on Participatory Rural Appraisal |
Malayagoundan patty |
31st March 2005 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Farmers Self Help Societies |
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Two days training on coir mat weaving |
Sangalpatty |
28th & 25th March 2005 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Workers Self Help Societies (Women) |
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Two days training on Coconut tree management |
Pollachi |
26th & 28th March 2005 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
the members of Coconut Workers Self Help Societies |
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One day training on Focus Group Discussion |
Malayagoundan patty |
31st March 2005 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Workers Self Help Societies |
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Twenty days training on Artisan |
GRI, Gandhigram |
7th to 18th March 2005 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Farmers Self Help Societies |
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Twenty days training on coir mat weaving |
Sangalpatty |
15th March to 6th April 2005 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Workers Self Help Societies (Women) |
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Twenty days training on coir spinning |
Sangalpatty |
18th March to 8th April 2005 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Workers Self Help Societies (Women) |
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One day training on Integrated farming on Coconut |
Cumbum valley |
2nd to 3rd May 2005 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Farmers Self Help Societies |
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Twelve days training on Bee-keeping |
Athoor |
03rd to 14th May 2005 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
member of the Coconut Farmers Self Help Societies |
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One day training on Participatory Rural Appraisal |
Bodikamanvadi |
21st March 2005 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Workers Self Help Society |
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Twenty days training on Artisan |
GRI, Gandhigram |
7th to 18th March 2005 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Farmers Self Help Societies |
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Twenty days training on coir mat weaving |
Sangalpatty |
15th March to 6th April 2005 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Workers Self Help Societies (Women) |
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Twenty days training on coir spinning |
Sangalpatty |
18th March to 8th April 2005 |
Under the project of the RSVY |
members of Coconut Workers Self Help Societies (Women) |
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International Level -- 2
National Level -- 16
State level -- 25
Regional level -- 83
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Outreach Extension Activities: Formation of New Generation Cooperatives |
Currently working on
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Sustainable Development of Coconuts:
An Integrated Model
* Dr. B. Subburaj
Project Background
Every district/region in Tamil Nadu is endowed with one or more region specific agricultural resources. They provide employment and livelihood security to 21-35 percentage of the population. For instances, sago in Salem and Dharmapuri districts, cashewnut in Cuddalore and Perambalur regions, turmeric in Erode, Bhavani regions, oil seeds in Thiruvannamalai region, paddy in Thanjavur region, Palm in Thirunelveli and Ramnad regions, fish products in Tuticorin and Nagar coil regions, fruits and coconut in Theni district, coconut in Dindigul and Coimbatore regions play a major role in the socio-economic life of the people. Despite, in recent years these agricultural resources base and developments are in crisis due to globalization and free trade policies and on the other, there is a great need to create employment in every district to nearly 6,000 people annually.
Among various strategies for employment creation, strategising for development of region specific agricultural resources will go a long way in creating massive employment in the state. However, it needs that our agricultural goods be of such a quality and export oriented; they should be cost reduction and maximize the productivity; value addition, processing, quality control and such other post-harvest operations should be carried out on commercial basis in villages; Further that, there should be an organic chain and linkages between producers and consumers; human resources with skill in production and entrepreneurial talents with marketing orientation need to be promoted; these and other related activities are to be promoted in an integrated way. Hence, it is time to identify, design and execute appropriate strategies for the promotion of our region specific agricultural resources.
Prof & Head, Project Coordinator, Department of Cooperation, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram – 624 302., promoted under the projects of the Coconut Development Board, GOI, Kochi and Union Planning Commission, GOI, New Delhi through the DRDA, Dindigul, Tamilnadu.
A case of Dindigul District
Dindigul District in Tamilnadu is one among the regions where the coconut crop is grown in nearly 18,021 ha., which form 11.21 per cent of the total irrigated land area under cultivation. Nearly 22 lakh coconut palms are grown in the district. Yet, a glance at the performance profile on coconut discloses a tardy picture. More than 92 per cent of the coconut palms are mono crop; productivity increase on-farming technologies on coconut are seldom adopted. Nearly 27.5 per cent of the palms died due to non-adoption of appropriate drought mitigating technologies during 2002-04. About 62 per cent of the coconut growers are in debt-bondage; vale addition, processing and product diversification on coconut are seldom done; less than 15 per cent of coconut growers’ take-up farm level processing. Large and small scale coconut based industrial units are in crisis due to lack of technology up-gradation on par to global standards; Less than 15 per cent of coconut husks, and coconut shell is utilized for value addition. Coir pith which is a source of eco-friendly organic substance is left uncared for; instead dumped on the road side and burnt, causing environmental pollution. No comprehensive attempt has been made to address the above issues.
Project Concept and Approach
The project envisages promotion of self-governing institutional networking from Production to Consumption System (PCS) for the integrated Development of Coconuts through Cluster Approach.
Convergence of primary, secondary and tertiary activities on coconut through backward and forward networking among a variety of stakeholders viz., the coconut growers, coconut workers, entrepreneur/traders etc., on coconut are aimed at.
Development interventions through knowledge support for social engineering, technology transfer, HRD, marketing networking etc., are proposed to promote sustainable PCS on coconut in the project area, serving as model for replication.
Project objectives
Execution Process
Promotion of Self Help Societies
The coconut farmers and non – farm workers in the project area were sensitized to the concept of Self Help Societies (SHS) which are micro-organizations with a legal base and corporate existence. Over several meets of core-group, guidelines for identification, selection and admission of individuals into the membership, management and administration, ways and means of resource mobilization, designing operational procedures, code of conduct, and the rules etc., in tandem to the statutory provisions (Societies Registration Act 1975 and rules 1978, Tamilnadu) were evolved. As the core groups were very keen on the quality considerations of individuals, they expected lesser number of Individuals on each group – not exceeding 20 – 25 in their locale.
List of self help societies in Authoor coconut cluster
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Location of the society |
Members (nos.) |
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M.Pudupatty |
18 |
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Dharmathupatty |
25 |
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Authoor |
21 |
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Vannampatty |
21 |
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Nagayagoundanpatty |
23 |
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Malayagoundanpatty |
20 |
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Seevalsaragu |
18 |
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Sangalpatty (women) |
20 |
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M.Pudupatty (women) |
20 |
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Vannampatty (women) |
19 |
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Chinnalapatty (women) |
20 |
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Knowledge sharing
In consonance with the needs and requirements of coconut farmers, a few training
programmes on on-farming productivity increase technologies were spelt out for the benefit of all members of self help societies. Experts from Agricultural Research Institutions, NGOs, freelancers and adopters of cultural technologies on coconuts were invited to actively participate and deliver the goods.
Field exposure visits were also arranged. Discussions at the class room and demonstrations at the farm - field were organized. More specifically, the farmers were made knowledgeable in the relevance of technologies on soil fertility management, water and drought management, vermi and coir pith compost, organic recycling and enriched farm yard manuring, Integrated pest and disease control, mixed cropping and bee keeping in coconut gardens. Furthermore, this was strengthened by providing each society with flex print photographs, handouts and brochures, dovetailing methods and result demonstrations of technologies to be adopted by their members. Similarly, skill augmentation training programmes were organised on copra processing, coir production, coir mat production, fibre production, coconut products such as coconut chips, burby and the like to members of coconut workers self help societies for women.
Adoption of Cultural Technologies
The number of cases (farmers) were 194. During execution of micro plans by the self help societies, it was observed that increased adoption has been found on water/drought management particularly adoption of basin/trench method of irrigation, mulching under the farm basin for insitu moisture maintenance and avoiding inter-ploughing in coconut gardens. It is learnt that these technologies were adopted immediately after imparting training and demonstration, Moreover, majority of them have adopted more than one operations pertaining to soil fertility management and intercropping. A few have taken to bee-keeping in their coconut farms. Also, Cocoa ‘has been introduced’ as an intercrop in coconut gardens in the district. The members of self help societies who adopted cocoa earn its credential as ‘innovators’. Decline in NPK application was found.
As for intercropping, less than 30 per cent of farmers raised fodder crops, and another 9 per cent raised banana, vegetables, etc., on a very limited basis. They lacked knowledge about intercrops that can be raised in the inter- space in coconut gardens, narrow inter-space in both rows and columns between palms due to dense planting, absence of farm their coconut gardens. Moreover, the farmers seemed to have switched over to coconut cultivation as a means to check the escalating cost of cultivation particularly the cost of farm labour incurred in raising short duration/seasonal crops. Therefore, coconut farmers, who knew something about intercropping in coconut gardens turned a blind eye to such technologies. Adoption of integrated farming appeared to have lost-lustre among coconut farmers, only a less percentage (ranging from 17 to 42 %) have been rearing milch animals, goat, sheep, etc. However, majority (78 %) of them eliminated ‘free grazing’ in their coconut gardens.
During initial days the adoption process was very slow due to problems associated with economic conditions of farmers particularly lack of finance on the one hand and the lack of information and knowledge in respect of conceptual understanding in the transfer and use of technologies on the other.
Adoption of Post-harvest Technologies
Our field observation showed that majority of coconut growers were ‘mere producers of coconut’ (i.e.) primary producers and did not involve/carry out the activities pertaining the secondary and tertiary sectors on coconut due to lack of infrastructure and services, including knowledge support and marketing networks, lack of entrepreneurial skill and talent, debt bondage with private trader/merchant, absence of collective bargaining and such other reasons. Since these and other related problems could be tackled by joint and collective action through institutional networking which the coconut farmers never attempted so far, an attempt was made enabling adoption of post-harvest technologies on coconut through coconut farmers self help societies.
Market Yards: Four of the societies have established market yards as their common property. They have been procuring and selling more than 20 lakh coconuts annually. This enables to hold price line of coconuts in villages.
Copra Production: Two of the coconut farmers’ self-help societies have been producing copra in a small scale with the help of women self-help groups in the locality. The copra production is constrained due to dearth of infra and services at the disposal of the farmers self-help societies. and 150 women get regular employment.
Coir Production: Two of the coconut workers self help societies are taking up coir production with the help of automatic two ply coir production machines. Nearly 40 women get regular employment on coir production.
Federation for Coconut Development
All the self-help societies have formed their federation with the objective of creating common infra and services facilitating adoption of post-harvest technologies particularly value addition, processing and product diversification on coconut. The Federation owns five acres of land and have erected copra drying yard and building, and installed fibre production unit with the financial participation of the Canara Bank.
The coconut fibre production unit has a production capacity of 5,000 kgs of quality fibre per day. And it is worked out to commence fibre production by January 2008. Moreover the Federation wishes to promote many more coir production units among women self help societies particularly in the non – coconut growing areas in the Authoor cluster. The Federation for Coconut Development will serve as nodal agent for the demonstration and promotion of appropriate technologies on coconut through self help societies of coconut growers and coconut workers in the region.
Coir Production
Copra Production Fibre Production
Since the socio-economic impact of the project is very visible in the project area viz., Authoor coconut cluster, a few recommendations are made;
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Mr.N.Elangovan, President,
Federation for Coconut Development, Velagoundanpatty.
"We wish to create common infra and services for the production, processing and better marketing of coconuts/coconut products in villages. Our Federation will promote entrepreneurial and trade developments on coconut in the region."
Mr.N.Rajagopal, President,
Coconut Farmers Self Help Society, M.Pudupatty.
"Simply by primary processing of coconut through de-husking and collective marketing, we get an additional 50 paise per nut in the village."
Mr.N.Annamalai, President,
Coconut Farmers Self Help Society, Vannampatty
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We know the art of cost reduction and productivity increasing technologies on coconut. Our fellow-farmers are our niches so far as adoption of technologies on coconut in our village."
(Mrs. Nagammal, member CWSHS M. Pudupatty)
We learned how to process quality copra ! we get regular employment and earn a daily wage of Rs.90 per in all summer days in our village with the help of coconut farmers self help society".
(Mrs. Alagammal, member, CWSHS, Sangalpatty)
"We generate employment our selves through our Coconut Workers Self Help Society by takingup production of two – ply coir and therefore we need not migrate from our village for want of employment".