Methods to be Adopted to Maximise Production and Development of Improved Strains and Plant Materials - Coconut and Oilseeds

There is an immediate necessity to increase the production of not only the food and clothing crops but also money and industrial crops. Considering the food crops, emphasis has to be laid primarily on the staple food crops of the region and then on the subsidary food crops to supplement the main crop. Population has been increasing at a rather rapid rate and large quantities of food grains are being imported from foreign countries and therefore foreign exchange and dollars not only to pay for the imported goods but also for the capital goods required to grow more food schemes and for industries, should be found. Therefore the cultivation of money and dollar earning crops like groundnut, pepper tobacco etc. should not be neglected.