To the Participants of the Sudhira-Jacob Paper Discussion Session

Today we come to the last day of this paper discussion on the "Reuse of byproducts of coir industry : A case study".

Coconut palm is found in many tropical countries and the industry provides income to the country as well as employment. There are main industrial food products from coconuts (coconut cream, dessicated coconut, sweets, jam, etc) as well as by-products that are commonly used as animal feeds (coconut meal and copra). The types of local uses of coconuts, its by-products and different parts of the palm are very much more.

Sudhira-Jacob's paper draws our attention to another coir pith which is a by-product from the coir industry.

On behalf of the Planning Group and the Organizers of the MFA Internet Conference, I wish to thank Ms Ann Jacob and H.S. Sudhira for their presentation as well as their cooperation in responding to the questions and comments from the audience.

Cheers
Jacky Foo
Coordinator-IBSnet
Integrated Bio-Systems Network
http://www.ias.unu.edu/proceedings/icibs/ibs/ibsnet