Article: 20th National Coconut Week: Coconut is life.(Opinion & Editorial)

THE coconut tree, grown in 68 of the country's 79 provinces, has been referred to as the tree of life. The label comes as a result of the fact that from the coconut tree are derived a continually expanding list of products and by-products that have made the coconut industry a consistent major dollar earner for the country, providing livelihood to one third of the country's population.

From the coconut tree comes the coco meat from which processors obtain numerous by-products, from coco flour to desiccated coconut, coconut milk, coconut chips, candies, bukayo or local sweetened shredded coconut meat, copra, animal feeds, and coconut oil, the extra virgin form of which has ...

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