- Organised 6 day trainings for 280 unemployed rural youth in the district on ‘Coconut tree climbing and Plant protection’ under the scheme ‘Friends of Coconut Tree’ (FOCT) sponsored by Coconut Development Board.
- The youth were provided tree climbing machine.
- The average trees climbed by youth has been increased from 12 to 35 trees/day and average earnings increased from Rs. 2,450/- to Rs. 6,900/- per month after the training.
- For the livelihood security of unemployed rural youth the trainings helped to increase the ‘coconut tree climbing as main occupation’ from 29.28% to 65.71% after trainings.
