In Sri Lanka, the coconut is, in a sense, a source of life. Not only it is the main ingredient in most Sri Lankan dishes, but the entire coconut tree — from the roots to the coconut itself to ...

In a rare and fascinating natural occurrence, a coconut tree in Sri Lanka has sprouted ten separate plants from a single coconut fruit. This unusual phenomenon was discovered on a farm in the Meewella ...

Sri Lankan State Minister of Coconut Arundika Fernando climbed a coconut tree and said that the country is facing a dearth of 700 million coconuts due to high demand for local industries and ...

Sri Lanka 33,273 Export of coconut oil from the same three countries was as follows: Philippines 1.096,861 Indonesia 630,568 Sri Lanka 3,821 In 1985 Sri Lanka had exported 52,000 metric tons of ...

Just as humans grow old and can become less productive at work (with many sharp exceptions), so does a workhorse of the Asian confectionary industry; the coconut tree. It lives almost as long, and ...

Potential not fully tapped . The potential coconut yield in Sri Lanka is 20,000 nuts per hectare, but at present farmers get a low average yield of about 6,000 nuts per hectare, Professor Lasantha ...

Sri Lanka's arrack producers are trying to take the spirit upmarket Distilled from the sap of the coconut flower, Sri Lankan arrack has been a local favourite for centuries. But now its makers are ...

A multi-million-pound, award-winning SL-themed restaurant chain started from scratch by Sri Lankans living in the UK, “The Coconut Tree”, officially launched their brand in Sri Lanka on the 17th of ...

Sri Lanka's arrack producers are trying to take the spirit upmarket Distilled from the sap of the coconut flower, Sri Lankan arrack has been a local favourite for centuries. But now its makers are ...