more-inCoir Board is focusing on three major products - geo textiles, organic manure, and coir wood, its chairman C.P. The organic manure is made of composed coir pith and the coir fibre from Kerala is suitable for this. The board is in the process of getting various certifications for coir wood and it would be easily acceptable worldwide for making furniture. In the case of geo textiles, Mr. Radhakrishnan said the board is trying for a field study with an Australian University of normal geo textiles and how coir geo textiles can be used. In the next seven to eight years, the board is looking at increasing coir product exports to ₹.

Source: The Hindu May 03, 2017 02:37 UTC