Basically the campaign to save the coconut plantation (tree of life)
is to revive the integrated coconut industry. Damaged and not maintained
of coconut plantations due to lack of funding to maintain and develop
it in a sustainable manner.
Bioeconomy is defined as knowledge-based production and uses
biological resources or living things to produce products, processes,
and services in the economic sector within the framework of a
sustainable economic system.
Instant coconut milk or packaged coconut milk is almost unthinkable,
especially by mothers in Indonesia a few decades ago. Likewise, bottled
coconut water, almost all Indonesians were also unthinkable at that
time. That is mainly because coconut is very easy to get in almost all
corners of the country. But this condition changed when Asian cuisine
began to worldwide so that many Western people like it. Coconut milk as
one of the main elements of the dish has become a necessity that must be
provided. Urban communities with dense population and have a high level
of activity, need something practical and instant that makes instant
coconut milk products easily accepted. It is also the same as instant
food seasoning products that are in demand in urban areas.
Coconut milk and bottled coconut water industry is a type of large
industry so it requires a supply of raw materials in large quantities
and continuously. To get these conditions in general can only be in
coconut plantations which are not infrequently still very remote
location. At that location, electricity and a number of supporting
infrastructure were not yet available, so the integrated coconut
industry could not yet be operated. Electricity is one of the basic
needs for industrial operations, so it needs to be made before running
the integrated coconut industry such as industries with the main
products are coconut milk and bottled coconut water. The production of
electricity for this purpose can be done in at least two ways: first,
with a steam boiler, as is usually done in a
palm oil mill. Coconut coir which has the lowest economic value is used for fuel.
The second way, namely by
continuous pyrolysis.
Coconut shell can be used as raw material for the pyrolysis. With
pyrolysis technology, it would be more profitable because besides
electricity generated, heat and charcoal shells are also produced.
Electricity and heat can be used for the operation of the coconut
processing industry, while shell charcoal can be directly sold or
further processed into briquettes or
activated carbon.
When the need for electricity is large, power plants can use both,
namely coconut coir steam boilers and pyrolysis with raw materials for
coconut shells. If you want to produce more charcoal, coconut coir can
also be used for continuous pyrolysis fuel. The quality of coconut coir
is lower than that of coconut shell. This is so that coconut coir
charcoal can be used as
agricultural charcoal (agri-char / biochar)
so that it will increase the productivity of coconut plantations, while
coconut shell charcoal for the purposes mentioned above.
Apart from being processed into packaged coconut milk, fruit meat can
also be processed into VCO (Virgin Coconut Oil) or dessicated cooconut.
VCO production can be done on a medium scale, but currently for the
export market or foreign buyers in general require organic certificates.
That is also the reason why the production of small-scale VCO for the
export market is difficult. Basically, coconuts can be made for a
variety of products, according to market needs. Almost all coconut
processing industries require electricity and heat for the production
process (specifically for the VCO industry, only electricity). The
integrated coconut industry approach makes the coconut processing
industry more efficient. The combination of the coconut processing
industry adjusts to market needs. The dim market for copra & coconut
oil, it turns out that little by little is substituted by increasing
markets for dessicated coconut, VCO, coconut milk, nata de coco, bottled
coconut water and even coconut sugar. Is it possible that the coconut
will come back victorious? There are indications there indeed.
Wallahu'alam
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