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Craft making coconut fiber
Update: 2/15/2019Craft making coconut fiber
(CMO) For many generations, coconut trees have been closely associated with farmers. Not only for sweet fruits and coconut shells, but also people from Tran Hoi commune, Tran Van Thoi district make use of processing and making raw materials for production of some household appliances, creating more jobs for workers. rural activities, contributing to stabilizing the family economy.
Crafting coconut fiber through many stages such as collecting coconut shells, pulling only coconut, drying, pressing only coconut ... much effort and hard work, but the industrious farmers still hard to stick to careers.
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| Coconuts are used with water, coconut rice to the shell, bringing income to growers. |
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| Workers gathered coconut shells to the facility. |
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| Only coir is dried before pressing. |
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| Pressing coconut fiber is the final stage. |
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| Not only young people, but also making coconut fiber can create jobs for rural women. |
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| Coconut manure waste is also sold to farmers as fertilizer for plants, 25,000 VND per bag. |
Mr. Dinh Hai Khanh, owner of the coconut fiber production facility in Binh Minh 2 hamlet, Tran Hoi commune, said: "Coconut is made into yarn and transferred to Ben Tre for processing. The presses and scissors for coconut coir are all self-made, so it costs little. On average, the establishment produces about 1 ton of coconut fiber per day. With the selling price from 4,000-5,000 VND / kg, after deducting the cost, the establishment still earns profit from VND 5,000.00-600,000. If this job is hard to do, it will have a stable income.
