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{{Infobox company<br />
| name = Kerala Kerakarshaka Sahakarana Federation, Ltd.<br />കേരാഫെഡ്<br />
| logo = [[Image:Kerafed logo.jpg|225px]] |<br />
| type = Private company<br />
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1987}}<br />
| location = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]], India<br />
| industry = [[Coconut#Uses|Coconut products]]<br />
| products = {{Bulleted_list|[[Coconut oil]]|Coconut Mash (''Pinnacku'')|Desiccated coconut}}<br />
| key_people = M. A. Francis<br />{{small|([[Managing Director]])}}<br />
| revenue = {{profit}}{{INRConvert|1.92|b}}<br />{{small|(2009–2010)}}<br />
| net_income = {{profit}}{{INRConvert|54.3|m}}<br />{{small|(2009–2010)}}<br />
| num_employees = ~670<br />
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.kerafed.com/}}<br />
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'''KERAFED''' ({{lang-ml|കേരാഫെഡ്}}) is the top-level co-operative federation of coconut farmers in the southern [[India]]n state of [[Kerala]]. KERAFED is also a producer and marketer of products based on coconut. It is the largest producer of coconut oil in India.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}<br />
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In July 2019, Minister for Agriculture [[V. S. Sunil Kumar]] launched the ''State-Level Raw Coconut Procurement Drive'' with the support of around 190 primary agriculture co-operative societies in Kerala. The latest procurement initiative would assure coconut farmers a supportive price of {{INR|27}} per kilogram.<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerafed-begins-raw-coconutprocurement-from-farmers/article28308321.ece</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
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KERAFED was constituted by the [[Government of Kerala]] in 1987 with the objective of procuring the produce of coconut farmers to regulate marketing operations to retrieve the segment of price crunch they were confronting.{{vague|date=September 2015}}<!--- This is incoherent.---> A production unit relating to the sector was created in 1991 to crush and market [[copra]] procured from the farmers at remunerative price to relieve the section of price crunch and to cater the edible oil requirement of the society by maintaining high quality standards.{{vague|date=September 2015}}<!--- This is incoherent. ---><br />
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During the financial year 2009–2010, KERAFED procured 24,500 metric tonnes of [[copra]] for its operations.<br />
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== Current operations ==<br />
KERAFED has two expeller oil extraction facilities — one at [[Karunagappalli|Karunagappalli, Kollam]] and the other at [[Naduvannur|Naduvannur, Kozhikode]] — and caters to about 500,000 consumers in [[Kerala]] through 14,000 retail outlets.<br />
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The oil complex in Karunagappalli, is the largest coconut oil mill in the sub-continent with an installed capacity of 20 tonnes per day<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.fnbnews.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=18465&sectionid=32|title= Volumes reported at Food and Beverage News|year= 2006|publisher= Food and Beverage News|accessdate=5 August 2006}}</ref> (TPD) (7504 TPA, 2009–2010). The facility at Naduvannur provides a production of 7.5 TPD (2693 TPA, 2009–2010). Total production was about 10,000 metric tonnes during the year 2009–2010.<br />
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During this period, the facilities used 15,887 metric tonnes of [[copra]] and generated 5,111 metric tonnes of "pinnack" by-product.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}<br />
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== Products ==<br />
"KERA" brand of coconut oil is sold in HDPE bottles of 100 ml, 200 ml and 500 ml; PET bottles of 1000 ml; and polythene pouches of 500 ml and 1000 ml.<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{Official website|http://www.kerafed.com/}}<br />
* [http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/agri-biz/article1165115.ece The Hindu Business Line: Feb 7, 2011]<br />
* [http://www.fnbnews.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=18465&sectionid=32 Food and Beverage News]<br />
* [http://www.fcei.in/fceicochin/news.php?nid=52 First Commodities Exchange of India]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090225132018/http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/20/stories/2009022054342100.htm The Hindu: Feb 20, 2009]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121110153705/http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/22/stories/2009082251300300.htm The Hindu: Aug 22, 2009]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101208225132/http://www.hindu.com/2010/12/04/stories/2010120454960900.htm The Hindu: Dec 04, 2010]<br />
* [http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-11-03/news/28410523_1_coconut-oil-kerafed-copra-and-coconut The Economic Times]<br />
* [http://www.keraladaily.net/index.php?mod=article&cat=keralanews&article=632&page_order=1&act=print Kerala Daily]<br />
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