Coconut Development Board

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Recently, the Coconut Development Board (CDB) has celebrated World Coconut Day by launching its newly revised schemes.

About Coconut Development Board  

• It is a statutory body established under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India
• It was established for the integrated development of coconut production and utilization in the country with focus on productivity increase and product diversification.
• The board came into existence on 12th January 1981.
• Regional offices: It has regional Offices at Bangalore in Karnataka, Chennai in Tamil Nadu, Guwahati in Assam and Patna in Bihar.
• Headquarters: Kochi in Kerala

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Functions of Coconut Development Board

• Adopting measures for the development of the coconut industry, inter alia
• Imparting technical advice to those engaged in coconut cultivation and industry
• Providing financial and other assistance for the expansion of the area under coconut
• Encouraging adoption of modern technologies for processing of coconut and its products
• Adopting measures to get incentive prices for coconut and its products
• Recommending measures for improving marketing of coconut and its products
• Recommending measures for regulating imports and exports of coconut and its products
• Fixing grades, specifications and standards for coconut and its products

Source: PIB