• To initiate and implement research activities connected directly or indirectly on the alternative uses of arecanut and its byproducts.
  • To promote any activities or increase consumption of Arecanut and its byproducts in India and in foreign countries.
  • To organise periodic seminars/work shops/conferences to guide and educate the agricultrists and the consumers.
  • To initiate research on mechanisation in Areca cultivation,processing and to adopt the same for the benefit of the growers
  • To do all that is necessary to achieve the upliftment and welfare of Areca Growers and if necassary join hands with other associations.
  • To encourage inventors in the field of agriculture to obtain patents and protect their right intellectual properties.
         

President:  Dr.D.Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari,
Shree Kshetra, Dharmasthala


Managing Trustee: Sri S.R. Rangamurthy,President,
CAMPCO Ltd,Mangalore


Trustees:  Dr P.K.S Bhat, President,
All India Areca Growers Association(Regd),
Mangalore

Sri. Shantharam V. Hegde, President,
Totgers' Coop.Sale Society Ltd.
Sirsi

Sri T.R Arunachala, Vice-President,
Malnad Areca Marketing Coop. Society Ltd.
Shimoga

Sri B. Shankar Bhat, 'Poogavana'
Badanje, Vittal