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KERALA
AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
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Coconut
Research Station, Balaramapuram
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The Coconut
Research Station was established in 1948 at Pachalloor, near the College of
Agriculture, Vellayani by the Department of Agriculture, Kerala as a scheme
partly financed by the Indian Central Coconut Committee. Later during in 1963
- 64, the venue was shifted to a 14.13 ha. Plot of garden land at Kattachalkuzhy,
4.0 km south of Balaramapuram on the Vizhinjam - Balaramapuram road. The station
was taken over by the Kerala Agricultural University in February 1972.
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Mandate of the Station |
Agro - techniques for coconut and coconut-based
farming system in red soils.
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Accomplishments |
Standardised the agro-techniques for coconuts in red soils.
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