The primary horticultural products available are coir fiber, coir pith, and coir chips/chunks. Natural fiber sourced from the outer husk of coconuts. Commonly used for making items like rope ...

Anees Ahmed, a researcher based in Chennai, was introduced to the concept of coco peat through his father, who worked in the coir fiber industry in Tamil Nadu. A graduate in Biotechnology ...

Each brick expandes to 16 quarts of seed starting mix. Coir is the brown fiber from the husks of coconuts. It’s easily renewable, since coir is produced as long as a tree keeps bearing coconuts.

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) is developing the national standard for coconet coir fiber to boost local and international trade of the product. The agency is ...

Coir is a natural fibre extracted from the husk of the coconut shell and is used to make a variety of products such as yarns, piths, ropes, mats, mattresses, baskets, brushes, brooms etc.

A few weeks ago while potting up paperwhite narcissus, two circular cakes of coco coir were included in the planting project. The directions were to add water. These cakes expanded to fill a 2 ...

When gut microbes break down prebiotic dietary fiber, several molecules that can modulate the immune system can form. However, scientists still do not understand the inflammatory effects that may ...

Tufted mats took the second spot in the export basket, overtaking coir fibre with ₹1,001 crore (23 per cent) earnings. Coir fibre with an earning of ₹636.56 crore constituted 15 per cent of ...