National Coir Research and Management Institute (NCRMI) has made a breakthrough in the process of manufacturing coir pith from coir fibre, which could help realize the country’s coir export target of ...

Coir pith has emerged as a major item of foreign exchange earnings in the export basket of the country over the last five years. It has accounted for 50 per cent of coir and coir product exports in ...

Kochi: Environmental degradation has had a surprising side effect. It has given a new lease of life to Kerala’s age-old coir industry and fuelled the rise in demand for two of its products—coir ...

The Coir Board is planning to set up a coir pith based 10 MW power plant here on an estimated outlay of Rs 50-crore. The first of its kind initiative in the country under the Coir Board is borne from ...

Indian coir pith exports are likely to benefit further from the proposed move by England to ban peat moss sales - a primary ingredient in seed-starting and potting mixes - from 2024. Mahadevan ...

The durable flip flops developed by the city-based National Coir Research and Management Institute (NCRMI) that were made and test-marketed by the Alappuzha-based Foam Mattings India Limited have ...

Coimbatore: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has shifted coir pith units to orange from the white category, forcing the units to follow stricter pollution control norms to curb water and ...

CHENNAI: One should not just make hay while the sun shines, but also ensure the land that nourished the hay remains fertile for the future too. Meet 38-year-old G Saravanamoorthi from Pollachi who ...

Spurt in demand for coir pith has resulted in higher prices for coir fibre and husks in Pollachi in Coimbatore district. Pollachi, known for its coconut groves, has over 60 coir exporting units and ...

An Indian-Malaysian group of scientists has conducted a review of several passive cooling techniques applied to PV modules and has found that two systems, based on coir pith and plants, provide the ...