On Thursday, October 22, 2020, Dr. Jelfina C. Alouw, Executive Director, ICC, and Ms. Mridula Kotekatte, Assistant Director, ICC, accompanied by Marketing & Statistics Officer, Information & Publication Officer, and the Secretariat team visited the Soil and Agriculture Museum, Jl. Ir. H. Juanda No. 98, Bogor, Indonesia as part of seeking the potential collaboration for dissemination of coconut technology and strengthening networks between the two institutions.
The ICC officers were welcomed by Ms. Rima Setiani, S.P, M.M., Head of the Soil and Agriculture Museum, and the Museum's team. In her address, Dr. Jelfina expressed that this was the... read more
On 6th October 2020, the International Coconut Community (ICC) in collaboration with the Non-Aligned Movement Centre for South-South Technical Cooperation (NAM-CSSTC) conducted the second Online Training Program with the theme “Processing and Marketing of Coconut Sugar”. More than 350 people from 20 countries took part in the training. The participants were from the ICC and NAM-CSSTC member countries in Asia, Australia, Pacific, and Africa and nonmember countries like the USA, Egypt, UK, and Saudi Arabia.
The training was under the agreement between both parties with respect to providing cooperative services to the member countries in research and development programs, capacity-building, technology... read more
World Coconut Day 2020 Celebrations
The World Coconut Day on 2nd September 2020 was celebrated with the theme “Invest in coconut to save the world”. The outbreak of COVID-19 Pandemic forced all to celebrate this day remotely which connected the coconut family around the globe with a different experience.
World coconut day has its significance in the international community. The main objective of celebrating this day is to create worldwide awareness about coconut usage, positive attributes of coconut products, show people how important this palm to million people, and attract support from stakeholders. This article will summarize the... read more
