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Friday, June 05, 2009 - 7.45 GMT
Govt. to promote coconut cultivation in North 

 
A number of schemes have been drawn up by the Ministry of Plantation Industries to promote coconut cultivation in the North, parallel to other development plans that are being undertaken there.

Although the North is blessed with soil that suits coconut cultivation, the LTTE terrorism prevented cultivating coconut in the North for the past 30 years. The ministry is planning to establish infrastructure facilities to upgrade coconut cultivation there, after the resettlement of civilians.

Each house will get 05 coconut plants under the scheme and large scale industries will also get free plants. To assist and promote cultivators, the ministry is to introduce coconut fertilizer at low prices. A new variety of coconut that better suits the climate of the North will also be introduced.

This will also open many job opportunities in the North and will help increase foreign exchange earnings, too.
 
 
   
   
   
   
   

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