9. (1) The Committee shall take such measures as it may consider necessary or expedient for the improvement and development of the cultivation and marketing of coconuts and of the production, utilisation and marketing of copra, coconut oil and coconut poonac. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, the Committee may defray expenditure involved in-(a) undertaking, assisting or encouraging agricultural, industrial, technological and economic research;(b) the supply of technical advice to growers;(c) encouraging the adoption of improved methods in cultivation;(d) carrying on such propaganda in the interests of the coconut industry as may be necessary;(e) collecting statistics from growers, dealers, millers and other sources on all relevant matters bearing on the industry;(f) fixing grade standards of copra and its products;(g) recommending the maximum and minimum prices to be fixed for copra;(h) advising on all matters which require attention for the development of the industry;(i) improving the marketing of coconuts and suggesting suitable measures to prevent unfair competition;(j) assisting in the control of insects and other pests and diseases of coconut trees;(k) promoting and encouraging co operative efforts among the coconut growers and in the coconut industries;(l) adopting such measures as may be practicable for assuring remunerative returns to growers;(m) maintaining and assisting in the maintenance of such institutes, farms and stations as it may consider necessary;(n) adopting any other measures or performing any other duties which it may be required by the Government to adopt or perform or which the Committee itself may think necessary or advisable in order to carry out the purposes of this Act.