Coconut farmers in Coimbatore-Tiruppur belt are hopeful of remunerative returns in view of the festival season ahead.
| Photo Credit: SIVA SARAVANAN S.
Coconut farmers in Coimbatore-Tiruppur belt are hopeful of remunerative prices for their produce during the festival season ahead.
Besides Coimbatore, Tiruppur and Erode in the Western region, the tree crop is extensively cultivated in Thanjavur, Dindigul, Theni and Kanniyakumari districts.
Based on an analysis of 25 years of price data of copra in the Anaimalai market, the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) has predicted the price of good quality copra to be around ₹145 to ₹150 per kg during October.
Inputs from trade sources were also utilised by TNAU’s Domestic and Export Market Intelligence Cell (DEMIC) to predict the prices, factoring in the demand situation during the ensuing festival occasions.
The TNAU has offered to provide Marketing guidance through DEMIC, attached to the Centre for Agricultural and Rural Development Studies (Phone: 0422-2431405, Mail id: tndemic@gmail.com).
On Tuesday (September 22, 2026), the price of coconut hovered between ₹4,800 and ₹5,000 per quintal. Price of milling copra, as per data of Coconut Development Board, ruled at ₹16,200 per quintal.
Published – September 22, 2026 11:32 pm IST
