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The authorities is moving connected a warfare footing to power pests and diseases affecting coconut plantations successful confederate India and is taking steps to grow the cleanable works programme, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said connected Tuesday (December 9, 2025).
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Globally, India ranks archetypal successful coconut accumulation and Pollachi successful Coimbatore is simply a large shaper with coconut plantations spanning 1.2 lakh hectares, the Minister said during Question Hour successful the Lok Sabha.
"We person projected we volition acceptable up a coconut clump successful Pollachi, [and the] enactment is going on," Mr. Chouhan said.
Of late, pests and diseases similar rhinoceros beetle, reddish thenar weevils, basal wilt and ganoderma person been affecting coconut crops and person go a challenge.
"The authorities is moving connected a warfare footing to power the diseases which are affecting coconut cultivation," Mr. Chouhan said.
He said the Coconut Development Board is moving to nutrient good, cleanable coconut plants successful its nursery, but the fig is not sufficient.
"We are trying to bash this cleanable coconut works programme for coconut connected a larger scale," helium said.
“Climate alteration has emerged arsenic a large situation for the workplace assemblage with rising temperatures and higher rainfall,” the Minister said.
"We are taking steps to assistance farmers woody with clime change. We are coming retired with newer varieties of seeds which are clime resilient," helium added.
Underlining that the excessive usage of chemic fertiliser affects ungraded health, Mr. Chouhan said the authorities is sensitising 1 crore farmers to instrumentality up earthy farming.
"More than 15 lakh farmers are doing earthy farming. We are besides encouraging integrated farming," helium noted
