WORLD COCONUT DAY

About:

• The main objective of celebrating this day is to create awareness across the globe about the importance of the coconut and its benefits.
  
  
• The day is especially marked in countries under Asian and Pacific regions by the Asian and Pacific Coconut Community (APCC) as they house most of the world’s coconut growing production centres.
  
  
• The first celebration of World Coconut Day was in the year 2009. The occasion is to commemorate the foundation day of APCC, which operates under the flagship authority of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP).
  
  
• In India, Kerala tops the production in coconut, but Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are also picking up in this sector.
  
  
• The National Coconut Board is also overseeing the production and development of value-added varieties from coconut like soft drinks, chips and jams.