On July 16, 2024, in Malappuram, Kerala, India, a video shared by @vlogettan captured an incident where electric lines came into contact with a nearby coconut tree.

Kerala even has a Coconut Museum. For most of these uses, coconuts have to be hand-picked while they're still green. If you wait until they fall off the tree naturally, they're already too ripe.

It is however, hard to imagine life without coconut in Kerala. With shortage in the traditional coconut tree climbers, the only option available was to enable a common farmer to climb the coconut ...

When plans were afoot to implement the MKSP scheme coconut tree climbing was given the preference. “Since the majority of Ernakulam district falls in the urban network, with not too much paddy ...

"The economy of Kerala is very agrarian and many people depend on agriculture and the coconut. It's one of the most important products we have, and every part of the tree is used," said D K Singh ...

Coconut climber Maafi Kool had never climbed a coconut tree in his life before coming to Kerala. Like his mates, he started off with traditional jobs and it was an interest in karate which led him ...

In Kerala, a tropical slice of a state that runs along India's southwestern coast, people use every part of the coconut tree. The bark is used as firewood. The leaves and husks become mats and rope.