Establishment of the Coconut Research Station in 1916 (now known as ICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute) testifies the importance of coconut. India houses world’s largest collection of coconut and the International Coconut Genebank for South Asia (ICG-SA). CPCRI developed an array of high yielding varieties, dwarf varieties and hybrids to increase production. Processing technologies developed/standardized for virgin coconut oil and high value products like coconut shell activated carbon and coconut shell powder.
Farm mechanization and various processing machineries contribute substantially to reduce the production cost, increase labour efficiency and enhance product output and quality of plantation crops.