February 21, 2012
TEACH THEM TO USE POWER POINT AND YOU CAN REPLACE THE ENTIRE BUREAUCRACY:
Kerala May Train Monkeys to Pick Coconuts Due to Labor Shortage (PALASH R. GHOSH, February 20, 2012, IB Times)
The government of the southern Indian state of Kerala may start a program to train monkeys to pick coconutsApparently, the Kerala Coconut Development Board (CDB) is concerned by the unwillingness of increasing numbers of low- caste men to engage in such dangerous work for such low pay. Local farmers, facing a shortage of coconut tree-climbers, are now reluctant to grow coconuts, a staple of Kerala's culture and economy.
Posted by Orrin Judd at February 21, 2012 6:34 AM
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