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Apr 9, 2007

TNAU's new tech for composting coir

The Coir Board will provide financial assistance to units launched by panchayats for turning coir pith into organic manure. The Board will also extend the subsidy scheme to NGOs working under panchayats for the purpose. The subsidy will be up to 25 per cent of the cost of the project, subject to a maximum of Rs.1 lakh for building/shed and equipment.

Coir pith is increasingly being converted into a soil conditioner and plant nutrient source. The Central Coir Research Institute (CCRI), Alappuzha, had developed a technique to convert coir pith into enriched organic manure (C-pom). The Research Institute, in collaboration with the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, had also developed a technology for composting coir pith using fungal spawn.


A Kuwait-based company Alghanim&Sons had approached the Coir Board for transfer of technology of bioconversion of coir pith into soil conditioner. The Coir Board has also entered into an agreement with Kerala Co-operative Marketing Federation for manufacture and supply of C-pom in required quantities for supply by the Rubber Marketing Federation to member-societies. According to Coir Board estimates, Kerala produces around 1,80,000 tonnes of coir fibre annually.


Coir pith is lignocellulosic in nature and an estimated seven lakh tonnes of coir pith is produced a year in the country. The Coir Board has been popularising the use of coir pith in the domestic market and the Board has taken up a collaborative research project with Kerala Agricultural University to test the bio-efficacy of coir pith manure for cultivation of various plants. The Board has also introduced a scheme for registration of manufacturers of coir pith organic manure (C-pom) and 15 manufacturers have already registered with the Board.

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