Joshba, 38, a coconut climber who like many people in South India goes by one name, demonstrates her tree-climbing apparatus on a coconut palm in Calicut district, northern Kerala.

KOCHI: It seems the coconut farming sector in South India has been hit by what can be termed as a paradox of prosperity.

In Kerala, a part of India known as "land of coconuts," male coconut pickers are turning to other jobs. Women are among the new trainees.

On July 16, 2024, in Malappuram, Kerala, India, a video shared by @vlogettan captured an incident where electric lines came into contact with a nearby coconut tree. The contact caused a small fire ...

I work with a coconut tree climbing service centre at Ayiroopara, and get paid around `25,000 to `35,000 monthly, which is more like a shehar kaam (city job) for me,” says Rakesh.

It is however, hard to imagine life without coconut in Kerala. With shortage in the traditional coconut tree climbers, the only option available was to enable a common farmer to climb the coconut ...

Kerala, a relatively prosperous and well-governed state in southern India, is in the grips of an acute shortage of coconut pluckers that threatens to undermine one of its most important industries.

As part of a government initiative, women in Kerala’s Ernakulam district have been trained in climbing coconut trees and plucking coconuts June 7, 2025 e-Paper LOGIN Account ...

In Kerala, a part of India known as "land of coconuts," male coconut pickers are turning to other jobs. Women are among the new trainees. Search Query Show Search ...

In Kerala, a part of India known as "land of coconuts," male coconut pickers are turning to other jobs. Women are among the new trainees. Search Query Show Search ...

In Kerala, a part of India known as "land of coconuts," male coconut pickers are turning to other jobs. Women are among the new trainees. Search Query Show Search ...