ExpoFeria del Coco (Coconut Fair)
Hugh Harries
Thank you for the information about the ExpoFeria del Coco (Coconut Fair).
I hope that many of the group members will accept your invitation to attend.
Will there be any financial support for overseas participants and any translation facilities for non-Spanish speakers?
Hugh
--Dear all:
Please find information on the “ ExpoFeria del Coco (Coconut Fair) http://www.cicy.mx/sitios/coco/expoferia.coco2012 ” that we will have in Merida, Yucatan in Mexico in March 16-18. You are all invited.
With kind regards
Carlos Oropeza
Coordinator of the ExpoFeria
E-mail for the event: expoferia...@cicy.mx
Researcher on Coconut and Lethal Yellowing
Biotechnology Unit
Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán (CICY)
Calle 43 N° 130, Colonia Chuburna de Hidalgo
97200 Mérida, Yucatán, MEXICO
Tel: 999-942-8330 ext. 191
Fax: (999) 981 39 00
De: Hugh Harries [mailto:hugh.h...@gmail.com]
Enviado el: lunes, 23 de enero de 2012 06:40 a.m.
Para: coc...@googlegroups.com
Asunto: Re: [Coconut:4826] Re: Edible copra
Deepak
Thank you for your practical advice about making ball copra. Please allow me to add some comments.
In the first place, some people may be unwilling to wait 8-11 months before they can sell the product. But once the first waiting period is over production will become continuous. And the labour costs for picking out the copra are greatly reduced.
Other people may not have enough covered space for storage. Can you advise on what space is needed to process the crop from a specified number of palms (say 100)? And. of course, the covered area will be much more comfortable for the workers, sheltered from the sun and the rain and not close to a copra-drying fire.
Do you only process the local Tiptur Tall and, if so, is it like the West Coast Tall, taking 2-3 months from the time of harvesting before beginning to germinate? What happens if you use an early germinating variety, like the San Ramon or the Chowgat Dwarf or a DxT hybrid, which can begin to germinate on the palm even before harvest?
A picture of your store house, as you suggest, would be very helpful. Could you also show pictures of the recently harvested coconuts ("before and after" drying) and the resulting the ball copra?
Many thanks
HughOn 20 January 2012 14:43, deepak chandra <amdch...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi,
I presume, What Rajesh meant by white copra, it must be ball copra.Well I am a coconut farmer from the Tiptur belt of Karnataka state in South of India.We in this area never sell raw coconut, we convert them to ball copra by harvesting only mature10- 12 months old coconuts, these coconuts are stored in well ventilated store houses with cross ventilation and in a raised platform (about 2-3 feet from the ground level) so that there is air circulation all around the store house.These coconuts are stored for almost 9 to 11 months (depending on the time of harvest, monsoon months harvests take 11 months where as summer harvested nuts take 9 months to become copra) from harvest without disturbing them.At the end of the stipulated time the nuts are dehusked and the shell is broken into two halves to produce ball copra(it is just like a ball) the inside of the copra when cut into two halves is almost as white as a snow ,hence it is called white copra.This copra fetches premium price since it would have lost almost all its moisture, hence the shelf life of the copra is almost for a few months and the copra is sweetish to taste
I can post pics of the store house if asked for
regards
deepak chandra
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Carlos Oropeza
Dear Hugh and coconut community:
Regarding, financial support for overseas participants, we have tried to get funds for supporting attendees, particularly from outside Mexico, unfortunately we cannot offer this support. The ExpoFeria will be an Spanish speaking event, but this will be limiting in the case of the symposium (excepting two lectures in English), however for the rest of the activities I think language will not be a limitation.
I hope for some of you it is possible to attend the ExpoFeria. For those not coming we will be uploading information on the activities that take place within the ExpoFeria (with eventual translation into English) so everybody interested could be informed.
Regards
Carlos Oropeza
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