A cropping model of combined cultivation of coconut, black pepper, banana, and pineapple developed by the Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI), Kasaragod, Kerala, has shown a net return of ₹3.5 lakh to ₹4 lakh per hectare per year, a release issued by director K. Balachandra Hebbar stated.
“When this model was adopted, the net return was two to three times higher than that from a sole coconut crop. At present, it is adopted in 10% of the 22 lakh hectares of area under coconut cultivation. But there is huge scope to expand it to other areas,” the release, issued on the occasion of Vikasit Krishi Sankalp Abhiyan observed in the country from May 29 to June 12, said.
