In the past, farmers often faced with two major difficulties: the uncertainty of market prices was sometimes very low; and infertile salty soil, causing salinity reduction. Therefore, Betrimex's project of developing Organic coconut gardens will be a solid foundation for the sustainable development of the local community.
AT BETRIMEX, THE COCONUT MATERIAL AREA IS CULTIVATED ACCORDING TO ORGANIC STANDARDS AND CERTIFIED BY NOP/EU/JAS/ACO/KOREA ORGANIC
HOW TO OPERATE & MANAGEMENT
PERSUASION & TRAINING
Betrimex's engineers often visit and guide the ways to shift from traditional coconut farming to Organic standards at each household
ACCOMPANYING WITH FARMERS:
Organizing training on Organic farming techniques with experts
Consulting and guiding the selection of agricultural materials according to Organic standards.
The price of buying coconut Organic is higher than the price of regular coconut and the output is spent.
CHECKING THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS
ICS department - Internal inspector (trained and certified by Control Union) regularly conduct inspection of coconut farmers' farms with a minimum frequency of 1 time / month to ensure the quality and productivity of coconut garden.
EXPERTS FROM CONTROL UNION
come to Organic Coconut Garden to evaluate Organic certification. Test samples are sent to the Control Union headquarters in the Netherlands and the US for sample inspection. The evaluation takes place every year.
HARVESTING & PURCHASING
Hygienic harvesting equipment and areas to avoid coconut contamination. Then transport put into production. (there is a separated area for the Organic classification)
Do not use chemical fertilizers
Do not use pesticides of chemical origin
Do not graze cattle and poultry and do not use fish bridges in coconut gardens
Nutritional sources for coconut garden using organic fertilizers / micro-organisms
Kill pests with natural methods
Coconut land is converted organic for 2-3 years according to American and European Organic standards
Coconuts are purchased when they are old enough, closed shipping and production ensure quality
SORT & MADE AT THE SOURCE
After harvesting, coconuts are transferred to the factory located right in the material processing area. Here, coconuts are carefully categorized again, selecting the standard coconut to be put into production
At Betrimex, the coconut material area is developed right at "coconut capital" Ben Tre and just only 11-12 month old coconuts meet the harvest quality.
QUALITYFROM RESOURCE
The last island to receive the silt of the Mekong before flowing into the sea, the brackish water with clay mud (fertile, rich in humus, and many good antibacterial) has created favorable conditions for coconut plantation Ben Tre like putting on a green, distinct coconut flavor and fruit yield is also higher than other regions.
Ben Tre owns the largest coconut growing area in the country,
over 70,000 hectares
leading in production with over
600
million fruits / year
take 40% of the total coconut production in the country.
40%
THE QUALITY OF BEN TRE COCONUT IS EVALUATED MUCH BETTER THAN OTHERS BY EXPERTS: THICK COCONUT SHELLS CONTAIN MORE ORGANIC MATTER, FATTER COCONUT MEAT AND SWEETER COCONUT WATER.
65%
Content of coconut oil takes 65% in Ben Tre coconut
BRIX=5%-9%
Natural sweet coconut water with brix = 5% - 9%
1.9 TONS COPRA/HA
Average coconut yield reaches 1.9 tons of copra / ha higher than the average of APCC countries (averaging 0.9 tons copra / ha)
BEN TRE POSSESS OVER 70,000 HECTARES OF COCONUT (44% NATIONAL COCONUT AREA), THIS PROVINCE WAS KNOWN AS THE COCONUT CAPITAL OF VIETNAM
65KM
Adjacent to the sea tropical climate
1.500 MM/ YEAR
Brackish water supply, Annual precipitation amount 1.500mm/year
ALLUVIA, SALINITY ACID SOIL
QUALITY PERFORMANCE COMPARISON WITH COCONUT VIETNAM WORLD
COCONUT MEAT
35%
VIET NAM
27%
VIET NAM
COCONUT WATER
30%
WORLD
22%
WORLD
THE HEART OF THE GROWER
THROUGH MANY GENERATIONS STILL DEVOTED WITH COCONUT FARMING. EACH COCONUT TREE IS TAKEN CARE OF BY THE DEVOTION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE FARMER.
In Ben Tre, there are hundred-year-old coconut gardens that tell the historical story of the coconut typical tradition of people here. Coconut trees and Ben Tre farmers stick together for generations, coconut is processed in dishes, drinks, living things. More than that, coconut trees not only help to dissolve difficulties, but also do radiant for coconut land with the number of domestic and foreign tourists from thousands of miles away still known the very top geographical indications - Ben Tre Coconut
WHEN REFER TO BEN TRE, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT IT IS THE PLACE OF THE VAST COCONUT GARDEN, THE FRESH GREEN COCONUTS BRING THE CHARACTERISTIC DELICIOUS FLAVOR, THE SOLID SKILLED FARMERS.
Dedicated to cultivating and taking care of each coconut stool, farmers have devoted to coconut farming a persistent love in the hope of to bringing Ben Tre coconut to the world. Moreover, coconut farming is also a traditional profession encouraged to preserve in Ben Tre. Therefore, they have constantly updated new and effective farming methods, such as organic coconut farming.
TRADITIONAL COCONUT GROWING EXPERIENCE COMBINED WITH ORGANIC METHODS GUIDED BY BETRIMEX EXPERTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH NOP/EU/KOREA/JAS/ACO ORGANIC STANDARDS
ORGANIC COCONUT PLANTATION
In the past, farmers often faced with two major difficulties: the uncertainty of market prices was sometimes very low; and infertile salty soil, causing salinity reduction. Therefore, Betrimex's project of developing Organic coconut gardens will be a solid foundation for the sustainable development of the local community
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