Present Scenario of Fibre Production
in Kerala
Speaker of
the session Sri N. Venugopal, Member of Alleppey Company said in his speech,
about the present condition of fibre production and also its plantation.
The export
of fibre products was started by Kerala but at present situation in Kerala is
worst is because of non-availability of raw material in the state.
He said,
before in Kerala there was a production unit of about 30000 metric tons but now
it has got reduced and now Kerala is buying the raw material from states like
Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh etc.
Now at
present Kerala is exporting only 150 tons of fibre to different parts of the
world. This made other states to export fibre in huge amount, he said.
The reason
for the reduction is due to no changes implemented in the processing of fibre
in the sector and another reason he said is that there is no initiative from
the side of government as well as co-operative sectors in the state.
He also
added that 60% of the fibre for the production are importing from other states
of Kerala.
Panel
Chairman Smt Rani George IAS, Secretary Coir said that the challenge facing in
the sector is scarcity of raw material and also from the available sources
production are not in large quantity.
When she
said about opportunity, mentioned the need qualitative raw material and the
husk collection scheme which is not made in practice.
Panel Member
Dr. K Madanan, Director of Coir development said that to implement new familiar
to obtain the husk, yarn and raw materials.
Panel Member
Sri Rajendra Prasad, Chairman KSCC told that board will take appropriate steps
to attain availability of raw material within the Kerala.
Sri K.M Raju,
Chief Administrator Coirfed said that for collection of husk in the state all
the groups are big failure so an immediate actions to be taken.
Smt Deepthi
R Nayar,Marketing Officer Coir Development Board said different groups among
the societies can come forward to help the collection of husk.
For the
collected husk or raw material a well-established infrastructure also need to
be development by the concerned authority, she added
Sri B.
Sreekumar, MD Coirfed thanked the all presented in the seminar for their
support.
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