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In 2019, the country ranked 30th of the largest cocoa producers in the world. Cocoa production was at 1,499 t (1,475 long tons; 1,652 short tons) from an area of 2,000 ha (4,900 acres), at a yield rate of 7,499 hg/ha (10,705 oz/acre). [3] In other lands shade crop such as Dadap are used.
Non-Farm source income: Weaving silk sarees Cost of 1-acre (4,000 m 2) of land: Rs. 1,200,000 Crops: Paddy, sugarcane, coconut Crop cycles: 2 Distance to the school: 0.5 km Number of students in the school: 1,800 Number of teachers: 40 Clinics: 4 Number of certified doctors: 3 PHC in village: yes Number of pharmacies: 2 Distance to hospital: 8 km
The coconut palm has made Sri Lanka a particularly beautiful place. The graceful trunk of the tree rises to a height up to 30 m (98 ft) ending in a compact crown of 30-40 large feather like leaves. Each leaf is about3–4 m (9.8–13.1 ft) in length.
Coconut trees are generally spaced 9 m (30 ft) apart, allowing a density of 100–160 coconut trees per hectare. A standard tree bears around 50–80 nuts a year, and average earnings in Vanuatu (1999) were US$ 0.20 per kg (one kg equals 8 nuts)—so a farmer could earn approximately US$120 to US$320 yearly for each planted hectare.
For example, coconut provides income for 11 million small farm-holders worldwide and is responsible for the production of ca. 61,165 million nuts every year. [1] With such productivity and usefulness, coconuts are a source of economic development for many tropical countries across the globe. For further coconut uses, see Coconut (disambiguation).
In 1884, German settlers arrived in eastern New Guinea (now part of Papua New Guinea), who planted Coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) for the production of copra, the dried flesh of the coconut. They established the colony of German New Guinea in the north eastern quarter of the island and numerous coconut plantations around coastal areas.
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Countries by coconut production in 2020. This is a list of countries by coconut production from the years 2017 to 2022, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. [1] The estimated total world production of coconuts in 2022 was 62,409,431 metric tonnes, down 0.6% from 62,791,068 tonnes in 2021. [1]