Doubling the farmers income through coconut farming by intercropping of turmeric

摘要

Coconut (Cocos nucifera is the major plantation crop of coastal India which is often remunerative under crop diversification. Coconut farming provides livelihood security to several millions of people across the world and the capacity of coconut in providing improved nutrition, employment and income generation are well known. The coconut palm exerts a profound influence on the rural economy of the many states where it is grown extensively and provides sustenance tomore than .LO million people in the country. The processing and related activities centered on the crop generate employment opportunities for over three million people in India. Since coconut growers are more exposed to economic risks due to fluctuatingmarket price, biotic-abiotic stresses, only systematic coconut-based cropping and farming system make it an economically viable crop in small holdings.