Commercial Coconut Oil processing initiative for ontong java
BY BRIAN LEZUTUNI
BY BRIAN LEZUTUNI
A Commercial Coconut Oil processing company is expected to be established in Ontong Java that would provide better financial benefits to people from the remote islands.
Managing Director of the Akaha Copra Buying Point (Trading as Kerpa Enterprises) Gabriel Kemaiki told Island Sun that his company is qualified to process copra into oil and very soon will open up a oil processing mill.
“I have already submitted an application to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock for the purchasing of machineries that would go towards the project.
“As this is a big scale commercial business, more commodity productions will be expected from this undertaking,” he stated.
He said Coconut has become the main income earner for people of Ontong Java after Berch- de-mer was banned from export.
Kemaiki also said potential copra production for the islands is 268 metric tons or $187,600 income from copra annually.
He revealed that a recent assessment from an overseas buyer had revealed that oil processed from Ongtong Java coconuts was the best in the world.
He said once the Commercial Copra Processing business starts it would be paying $5 - $7 per kilo compared to the $$2.10 charge seen today in Honiara.
Managing Director of the Akaha Copra Buying Point (Trading as Kerpa Enterprises) Gabriel Kemaiki told Island Sun that his company is qualified to process copra into oil and very soon will open up a oil processing mill.
“I have already submitted an application to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock for the purchasing of machineries that would go towards the project.
“As this is a big scale commercial business, more commodity productions will be expected from this undertaking,” he stated.
He said Coconut has become the main income earner for people of Ontong Java after Berch- de-mer was banned from export.
Kemaiki also said potential copra production for the islands is 268 metric tons or $187,600 income from copra annually.
He revealed that a recent assessment from an overseas buyer had revealed that oil processed from Ongtong Java coconuts was the best in the world.
He said once the Commercial Copra Processing business starts it would be paying $5 - $7 per kilo compared to the $$2.10 charge seen today in Honiara.
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