WORLD COCONUT DAY ON SEPT.2
"September 2 will be observed as World Coconut Day to
make people understand that this crop has a vital role in poverty reduction and
to provide nutritional and health security, which are the prime need of this
hour," says P. Rethinam, Executive Director of the Asian and Pacific
Coconut Community, headquartered at Jakarta.Coconut is associated with the
socio economic aspects of millions of people who directly and indirectly depend
on this crop. It provides food, food security, livelihood security, export
earning, import substitute and comprehensive protection to small holders and
other agro-industries depending on it, according to Dr. Rethinam.
Endowed with 48.5 per cent lauric acid, equivalent to
mother's milk, the coconut oil with medium chain fatty acids, will have to play
a greater role in developing resistance to children and to all human beings to
safeguard against HIV/AIDS virus, SARS and viral, fungal, bacterial, protozoal
diseases, which is faced by mankind. Because of its unique property by
providing food, nutrition, drink, health, aesthetic sense, building material
and other useful household material, coconut is described as "Tree of
Life", "Heavenly Tree," and "Tree of abundance."
"September 2 will be observed as World Coconut Day to
make people understand that this crop has a vital role in poverty reduction and
to provide nutritional and health security, which are the prime need of this
hour," says P. Rethinam, Executive Director of the Asian and Pacific
Coconut Community, headquartered at Jakarta.Coconut is associated with the
socio economic aspects of millions of people who directly and indirectly depend
on this crop. It provides food, food security, livelihood security, export
earning, import substitute and comprehensive protection to small holders and
other agro-industries depending on it, according to Dr. Rethinam.Endowed with 48.5 per cent lauric acid, equivalent to
mother's milk, the coconut oil with medium chain fatty acids, will have to play
a greater role in developing resistance to children and to all human beings to
safeguard against HIV/AIDS virus, SARS and viral, fungal, bacterial, protozoal
diseases, which is faced by mankind. Because of its unique property by
providing food, nutrition, drink, health, aesthetic sense, building material
and other useful household material, coconut is described as "Tree of
Life", "Heavenly Tree," and "Tree of abundance."
On World Coconut Day, the
importance of this tree should be propagated. "Our mission is to make the
coconut industry more competitive by increasing productivity with better
management, organic recycling, replanting and also by adopting an integrated
farming system coupled with community processing, product diversification,
value-addition and by-product utilisation," says Dr. Rethinam.
Prof.
John Kurakar
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