Vegetable-blended coco juice under development

THE Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) is pushing a project that will capacitate farmers' cooperatives to produce fruit- or vegetable-blended coco juice using raw materials sourced from their own farms or other cooperatives.

PHilMech Director Dr. Dionisio Alvindia said ongoing project, titled "Establishment of Small-Scale Fruit/Vegetables-blended Coconut Water Enterprise," will allow coconut farmers to venture into value-adding and not be too dependent on copra (dried coconut meat).