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by Elmo Leonard

The performance of the coconut industry in Sri Lanka during the last 50 years needs to be compared with the performance of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. In India, the extent of plantations and yields have improved, backed by fertiliser and the building of tube wells, which are heavily subsidised.
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