Role of Coconut Development Board inentrepreneurship development and Value Addition

摘要

1. Coconut Development Board (CDB) came into existence in 1981, under an Act of Parliament, as the mandated organization for integrated development of coconut industry, underthe Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India. Visionof the Board is integrated development of coconut cultivation and industry in the country so as to make the coconut economy sustainable and globally competitive. The mission envisaged is to achieve targeted production and productivity in coconut and promoting product diversification by-product utilization with the active participation of State Governments Departments and other agencies. Establishment of CDB opened up new vistas in the history of coconut cultivation and industry in the country. Three andhalf decades of CDB can be delineated into two stages considering the shift in strategy in its approach. The first two and half decades earmarked the former stage. The last one decade, being the second stage. In the first stage coconut cultivation expanded in nontraditional areas especially in north eastern and central region of Kndia, thereby total area under coconut in the countrywitnessed unprecedented increase. Infrastructure network was created in the length and breadth of the country and thus Board showed its Pan India presence as a supplier of quality planting material throughout the country. At the time of setting up of Coconut Development Board in 1981-82, the area and production of coconut in the country remained at 1.91million ha and 5940 million nuts. In 2017-18 coconut area has increased to 1.97 million ha producing 20440 million nuts with a national average productivity of 10345 nuts per ha per annum, the production and productivity being the highest in the world. The per capita availability of coconut has considerably increased to in the country.