This is yet another government initiative to boost the ailing domestic coconut sector. Recently, Minister of State for Agriculture K V Thomas had said that a new project wherein coconut timber would ...

Aid agencies and the Philippine government are rushing to salvage the wood from some 15mn coconut trees that Typhoon Haiyan struck down in November 2013, but processing the tree debris before it rots ...

In the face of rising prices of building materials, builders and prospective house owners are desperately embracing ways of cutting cost, to cushion the effect of the lingering recession. One of such ...

Local communities and aid agencies working to help rebuild homes in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan are turning a farming tragedy into much-needed timber. When Haiyan hit the Philippines in ...

Mature coconut wood, available in plenty in the State, is now being looked upon as a cheaper alternative to traditional timbers like jungle jack (aanjili) and the more rare enna punna ( Calophyllum ...

Aid agencies and the Philippine government are rushing to salvage the wood from some 15 million coconut trees that Typhoon Haiyan struck down in November 2013, but processing the tree debris before it ...