APFED Booklet on Good Practices and Innovative Activities 2005 ...
APFED Booklet on Good Practices and Innovative Activities 2005 ...
APFED Booklet on Good Practices and Innovative Activities 2005 ...
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Award<br />
India<br />
2009<br />
2006 2007 2008 2009<br />
Promoting Coc<strong>on</strong>ut-Based Agro-Ecosystem <strong>and</strong> Efficient Product<br />
Utilizati<strong>on</strong> for Augmenting On-Farm Income, Improving Quality<br />
of Envir<strong>on</strong>ment <strong>and</strong> C<strong>on</strong>serving Natural Resources<br />
Project Site Locati<strong>on</strong> Alappuzha District, Kerala<br />
Background - Problems Addressed <strong>and</strong> Policy Resp<strong>on</strong>ses<br />
Kerala is a coastal state in southern India where l<strong>and</strong> holders<br />
plant coc<strong>on</strong>ut as a m<strong>on</strong>ocrop. Coir spinning is an alternative<br />
coc<strong>on</strong>ut-based income for 60% of residents in the project<br />
area, around 80% of whom are below the poverty line<br />
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