This was highlighted throughout her overview of the Analysis and Improvement actions of Central Institute of Coir Expertise – COIR Board at Bengaluru. The Minister additionally careworn the significance of growing new purposes in horticulture and different potential areas.
The assembly was held with Vipul Goel, Joint Secretary (ARI) & Chairman, Coir Board, and Shri Arun G, Secretary, Coir Board, O.L. Shanmugasundaram, Joint Director (Tech.), CICT and different Coir board officers.
The Minister confirmed eager curiosity in extracting carbon from coir fiber for environmental sustainability and carbon credit. She prompt modular coaching packages tailor-made to trade wants, specializing in coconut-based merchandise, carbon or charcoal extraction, and coir wooden panel manufacturing. This initiative goals to spice up the coir sector’s potential, promote eco-friendly practices, and assist sustainable growth.
The Minister additional suggested CICT and Coir Board to actively collaborate with nationwide degree technical establishments similar to ICAR, CPCRI, IIHR, Coconut Improvement Board, NHAI, and state-level export items, with the goal of making scalable, high-value coir-based merchandise. The Minister reiterated that Coir Board’s developed applied sciences ought to be transferred to farmers, entrepreneurs, and cooperatives via a phased, sector-specific strategy. This could guarantee wider outreach and efficient adoption on the grassroots degree, finally benefiting the coir trade and its stakeholders.
Karandlaje additionally visited the workshop, show middle and Coir Wooden home, the place she reviewed the product vary, and emphasised the significance of city visibility for artisan-made, eco-friendly coir merchandise.
