Unless you’re a bona fide green thumb, you’ve likely never heard of coco coir before. Pronounced “coco coy-er,” it’s the fibrous husk that comprises the outer layer of a ripe coconut. Gardeners often ...

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 ...

K.J. Deepthy’s first tryst with coir, known as golden fibre, at a professional level came after she moved to Vayalar, near Cherthala, in Alappuzha 19 years ago. After becoming a member of a coir ...

MADURAI: While many industries recorded a dip in the export of their products after Covid-19, the coir and coir products from India registered an all-time-high record of 11.63 lakh metric tonne, worth ...

COIR trade with China is slowly but steadily transforming the industry dynamics, with the export of non-traditional items like coir raw materials and tufted mats increasing at the expense of ...

CHENNAI: In a bid to empower entrepreneurs from marginalised sections and to replace plastic and synthetic bags with coir products, the state government unveiled the Coir Policy 2024 on Thursday. The ...