ICAR-CPCRI to release technologies, value-added products on World Coconut Day
The ICAR-CPCRI is celebrating World Coconut Day by launching an entrepreneur mentorship program and hosting a workshop on climate resilience for plantation crops. The event aims to support startups and farmers while promoting new agricultural technologies.
Why it matters
Agricultural innovation and climate adaptation strategies are critical for the economic stability of plantation-dependent regions.
The ICAR–Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (ICAR–CPCRI), Kasaragod, will celebrate World Coconut Day on Wednesday. The theme for this year’s day is ‘Coconuts in times of uncertainty: Securing food, energy, and livelihoods.’
As part of the celebrations, the institute will launch SHITIZ 2.0, an online entrepreneur mentorship and pre-incubation programme aimed at supporting aspiring entrepreneurs, startups, and innovators in transforming ideas and technologies into viable enterprises, its director, K. Balachandra Hebbar, said in a release on Monday.
A two-day stakeholders’ workshop on ‘Management of extreme climate vulnerability in plantation crops’ will also be inaugurated on the occasion. The workshop will bring together scientists, government officials, development agencies, farmers, Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs), entrepreneurs, and startups to deliberate on strategies for strengthening the resilience of plantation crops to extreme climatic events.
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