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'''Coconut Development Board''' ('''CDB''') is a statutory body established under the [[Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare (India)|Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare]] of the [[Government of India]] for the integrated development of [[coconut]] and coconut-related products.<ref>{{cite news |title=നാളികേര വികസന വകുപ്പിന് കീഴില് ജോലി; ആറു ജില്ലകളില് ഒഴിവുകള്; ഇന്റര്വ്യൂ മാത്രം |url=https://www.suprabhaatham.com/details/413620 |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=suprabhaatham |language=ml}}</ref> Coconut Development Board is a statutory body established by the Government of India for the integrated development of coconut production and utilization in the country with focus on productivity increase and product diversification.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhaskaran |first1=Reshma |title=പലഹാരം മുതൽ മിഠായി വരെ; തേങ്ങയിൽനിന്ന് പുതിയ മൂല്യവർധിത ഉത്പന്നങ്ങൾ വികസിപ്പിക്കുന്നു |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/food/news/developing-new-value-added-products-from-coconut-by-coconut-development-board-1.7576322 |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=Mathrubhumi |date=4 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> The Board which came into existence on 12 January 1981, functions under the administrative control of the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, with its headquarters at [[Kochi]] in Kerala and regional Offices at [[Bangalore]] in [[Karnataka]], [[Chennai]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Guwahati]] in [[Assam]]. There are six state centres situated at Bhubaneswar in Orissa, Calcutta in West Bengal, Patna in Bihar, Thane in Maharashtra, Hyderabad in Telangana and Port Blair in the Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The Board has 9 Demonstration cum Seed Production (DSP) Farms in different locations of the country and now 7 farms are maintained. A Market Development cum Information Centre has established in Delhi. The Board has set up a Technology Development Centre at Vazhakulam near Aluva in Kerala.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Coconut production in India]]<br />
*[[Coconut production in Kerala]]<br />
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* {{Official website|http://coconutboard.nic.in/}}<br />
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