ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair receives its 2nd design patent and 3rd patent for institute . This patent is granted for a tool which helps to separate coconut leaf mid rib on 30th October, 2023. This tool is very handy, efficient, and labor-saving, for removing the midrib from coconut leaflets. Using this tool, one can separate at least 500 midribs per hour. Moreover, the midribs obtained through this tool are comparatively cleaner than the traditional method.
A team consists of Dr. I. Jaisankar, Dr. B. Augustine Jerard, Dr. E.B. Chakurkar and Dr. T.Subramani developed the tool.