The third webinar held on 9th November conducted by International Coconut Community (ICC) in collaboration with International Trade Centre (ITC)-Alliances for Action on ‘Coconut Desiccated Powder, Grated Frozen Coconut & Coconut Flour”. There were 125 registered participants attended the event.
Dr. Jelfina C. Alouw, Executive Director, ICC, in her welcome remarks hoped that the webinar will inspire excellent ideas and fruitful discussions around the development of business plans for coconut desiccated powder, grated frozen coconut and coconut flour for the local and global markets for the benefit of coconut farmers and for supporting the resilient and sustainable coconut industries in the Caribbean and also in other coconut producing countries.
Mr. Tomas B. Medina, CEO, Brand Exports, the Philippines, presented the processing, production and marketing of coconut flour, which included information on integrated coconut processing plant facilities, coconut flour specification and processing flow metnods. In the marketing aspects he explained the opportunities and challenges of the coconut flour market.
Mr. Sree Kumar Poduval, Former Deputy Director, Coconut Development Board, India, presented the production and marketing of frozen grated coconut, in which he explained the global coconut scenario of production and exports, export trend fo coconut products, frozen grated coconut nutrition facts, capital investment, plant and machinery, market size and trend analysis and related informations.
Mr. Henry Yonathan, Marketing Manager, Triputra Group, Indonesia, presented the processing, production, and marketing of desiccated coconut and covered the availability of raw materials, market potential, quality standard and certification informations, B2B and B2C markets.
There was an in-depth discussion on the topics, and the speakers addressed the queries. This webinar was moderated by Mr. William Castro Rodriguez, ITC. The follow-up technical discussion on the webinar will be conducted on 23rd November 2021.