PONDA, Feb. 19 -- Team Herald

Candolim & Calangute Residents Unite Against Commercial Development in CRZ No-Development Zone

The price of nuts has soared to an all-time high and a middle sized coconut is priced at Rs 50 each and has had a significant impact on ordinary consumers.

Of all the ingredients used in everyday cooking in the state, the coconut is one food item that is present in every Goan kitchen.

Farmers cite a variety of reasons for the decline in coconut production, including prolonged rainfall, radiation from mobile towers, the lack of new coconut tree plantations, the felling of trees for construction, the sale of tender coconuts, and the stocking of coconuts. However, many of these claims have not been verified by agri...