Taro [also known as Dalo] is grown all year round in Fiji and is a stable food crop to majority of Fiji's population. It is a crop that is grown mechanically and traditionally and contains large amount of Vitamin A, /Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2 and Vitamin C. Taro is a crop planted by most families and is a source of income to most rural farmers. Taro is exported to New Zealand, Australia, Canada and other Pacific Islands.
Agricultural Marketing Authority sources it supply from the two main islands in Fiji and is touching the very untouchable areas that do not access to any market. To assist our rural farmers, AMA has a policy to pick, weighed and pay at farm gate before it is transported to the Warehouse. It is peeled, washed and is stored in blast freezers with temperatures of minus 21 degrees for 24 hours before it is packed for overseas and for our local markets
Coconut water is the juice present inside the interior cavity or endosperm of young, tender coconut. Its water is one of the nature's most refreshing drinks, consumed worldwide for its nutritious and health benefiting properties.
The water is actually obtained by opening a tender, green, healthy, and undamaged coconut. Inside, it's clear liquid is sweet, and sterile and composed of unique chemicals such as sugars, vitamins, minerals, electrolytes, enzymes, amino acids, cytokine, and phyto-hormones. In general, young and slightly immature coconuts gathered from the coconut tree after they reach about 5-7 months of age for the purpose of reaping its drink.
Each coconut may contain about 200 to 1000 ml of water depending upon cultivar type and size. Any nuts younger than five months of age tend to be bitter in taste and devoid of nutrients. In contrast, mature coconuts contain less water, and their endosperm thickens quickly into white edible meat (kernel.
Coconut palm flourishes well under the costal tropical environments. A coconut tree may yield several hundreds of tender nuts each season. Different species of coconut palms are grown all over the tropics. Naturally, their taste and flavor of water show variations according to saline content in the soil, distance from seashore, climate, etc.
