Monday, February 22, 2010

Sap coconut development spells dollars for Preah Trapaing [Tra Vinh] in Kampuchea Krom

21/02/2010
VietNamNet/VNS

VietNamNet Bridge – Khmer ethnic farmers in Cau Ke [KI-Media: Srok Kampong Spean] District have expanded the farming area for Sap coconuts, a speciality in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tra Vinh [Preah Trapaing].
Sap is a variety of the coconut that contains soft jelly inside the coconut shell instead of coconut juice. It is used as beverage.
Cau Ke District now has a total of 16,000 Sap coconut trees, covering an area of 100ha in Hoa An and Hoa Tan communes, which are mostly cultivated by Khmer ethnic farmers.
Of the figure, 3,00 trees have started to produce fruit while the rest were only planted since the price of Sap coconut increased, when the beverage became popular in 2004.
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