Cocunut FAQs
Climate And Soils Climate But, for ensuring the development of a profitable and prosperous coconut industry, it is necessary that the likes and dislikes of the palm are given due consideration, particularly when establishing plantation in new regions where it was not grown before. In fact, it is highly adaptable to a variety of environments. The coconut palm is not very fastidious or exacting in its climatic requirements. The coconut palm derives its characteristics from the fact that it is essentially a tropical plant. In these connection factors such as latitude, rainfall, temperature, humidity, sunshine, etc., require detailed consideration. Latitude The coconut palm occurs widespread in the tropics. The six primary centres of coconut cultivation, viz., Philippines, India, Indonesia, Ceylon, South Sea Islands and Malaya which together account for over 90 per cent of the world's total acreage and production of the crop lie in this zone between 20 0 N an...