COCONUT Philippines is a comprehensive, visual reference guidebook on the coconut and the hundreds of coconut by-products that are created and marketed worldwide. The book showcases 1,300 vibrant colored photographs of hundreds of coconut by-products from food, skincare, decorative accessories, fashion accessories, garments, packaging materials, spa ingredients, garden items (coconut water as natural plant growth enhancer,coconut planter pots, coco peat/dust, coco fiber net, coco coir, etc) building materials such as coconut tiles, coconut parquet wood flooring, coconut fiberboard,etc., and several industrial uses such as the coco biodiesel, oleochemicals, coco alkyd and polyol resins. The book also features everything and anything coconut such as coconut festivals, coconut-themed resorts and spas, the coconut pavilion, the coconut palace, a coconut dance and song, the coconut crab, coconut sceneries and several other coconut-themed products and services. The book discusses the history of the coconut; the different classifications of the coconut; it explains the unique characteristics and integrated uses of every part of the coconut tree; and the different extraction and production processes of coconut by-products. The book also highlights why coconut is considered as a " wonder food " and explains the unique and compelling health-giving properties of the coconut water, coconut meat, coconut milk/cream and coconut oil, now dubbed as the "healthiest oil on earth." COCONUT Philippines is an isnpiring source book of information to policy makers in coconut-growing countries, coconut farmers, coconut by-product producers and manufacturers, traders, engineers, designers, coconut enthusiasts and consumers. The book celebrates the spirit of Filipino craftmanship and ingenuity in the use of every part of the coconut, the tree of life.
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This book which showcases 1300 colored photographs is truly the most comprehensive visual reference guidebook on coconut and its by-products and demonstrates their multifarious uses --Arthur Yap , Secretary Department of Agriculture, Philippines
The book will truly amaze readers at the display of creative talent and ingenuity of the Filipinos in developing several uses, applications and designs of the coconut --Ignacio Paliza-Harvard Graduate, Real Estate Design and Development
The book will truly amaze readers at the display of creative talent and ingenuity of the Filipinos in developing several uses, applications and designs of the coconut --Ignacio Paliza-Harvard Graduate, Real Estate Design and Development
About the Author
Lalaine Villafuerte-Abonal graduated with a degree in Economics from the University of the Philippines. She is the president of eAsia Outsourcing & Marketing Services, Inc and founder of Coconut Republic - both companies are based in California. Lalaine has 12 years of experience as a buying agent representing foreign buyers and was elected as the youngest officer and board of director of the Foreign Buyers Association of the Philippines (FOBAP). She specializes in the sourcing of products made of indigenous materials such as abaca, coconut, bamboo and capiz shell. Other books authored by Lalaine are: "Abaca Philippines", " 101 Lessons of A Buying Agent of Foreign Companies" , "IT Outsourcing Opportunities in the Philippines". Lalaine and her husband Larry presently reside in Pasadena, California.
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A Most Comprehensive Book on all things Coconut,
By Keira "Keira" (California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: COCONUT Philippines (Hardcover)
This is the MOST comprehensive guide book on everythingcoconut. You will learn to value the health benefits of every part of the coconut tree. Amazing tree indeed!
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