1. Objectives of the Project 
The aims of the project are :  
To reduce edible oil imports; 
To provide an impulse effect on internal production of coconut ; 
To develop the agricultural potential of Kerala State; 
To strengthen the co-operative movement; 
To secure the marketing of coconut and its by-products, thereby assuring economic prices to the growers; 
Thus to increase the income of 29 lakh farmers' families and create employment opportunities is the industrial sector. 
 
2. Components of the Projects 
The projects overall components are:  
Agricultural 
Strengthening  900  Primary  Agricultural  Cooperative Societies (PACS)   with  3, 000  members   each  on  average  (27  lakh 
members). 
Extension activities and supply of inputs. 
Strengthening the coconut seed production programme. 
Training of PACS staff. 
Supply of testing and weighing equipment. 
Organising a Commodity Growers' Federation at the State level. 
Industrial 
Establishing  requisite  copra  drying  and  storage  facilities at PACS level;
Establishing  three  processing  plants,  each with a capacity of 200  tons  per  day  (TPD)  of  copra (60,000  tonnes  copra  per annum  per  plant).  A  200 T.P.D. copra  cake solvent extaction plant and  a 30 T.P.D. (6,000 tonnes per year crude coconut oil) vegetable oil refinery would also be set up. 
Identifying  product   diversification  possibilities  viz. desiccated coconut,  activated carbon, coconut milk / cream, etc. and formulating programme having potential. 
 
 
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