Editorial: "The theme of the 43rd APCC Cocotech Meeting: 'Integrated Processing of Coconut Products/ By-Products and Market Prospects'.........................................1

The Coconut Industry in Sri Lanka....................................................................................2
Dr. Newton Peiris

Coconut Biofuel: The Smell of the Future...........................................................................5
Erika Ethridge

Coconut Fries – A Promising New Way to Process Coconut Kernel .................................9
Mike Foale

Philippine Biofuels Measure is Favorable for the Coconut Industry...................................12
Yvonne T.V. Agustin

Tender Coconut Water – Its Health Benefits....................................................................14
Dr. D. P. Atukorale

Islets Save Coconuts: From an Old Polynesian Practice to the New Concept of a Crop Gene Bank Located on Small Islands...............................................................................17
Roland Bourdeix, T. Bambridge, and S. Larrue

Raising a New Generation of Coconut Trees....................................................................24
Lekadou and Maria Luz George

Coronary Artery Disease (Atherosclerosis) – An Overview and the Role of Coconut
Oil in Hypercholesterolemia.............................................................................................26
Dr. D.M. Vasudevan and Dr. N. Ananth Rao

Coconut Water as a Cheap Source for the Production of Endotoxin Bacillus Thuringiensis var. Israelensis, a Mosquito Control Agent ......................................................................29
Prabakaran and S. L. Hoti

Indirect Heating Type Copra Dryer in India
T. Vidhan Singh ............................................................................................................32

UNDP-GEF-SGP Support for Stimulating Coconut Based Agroecosystem for
Rendering Productive and Protective Benefits in Kerala, India..........................................36
P.K..Thampan

Face to Face: An Interview with Mr. Rohan Peris, Director, Manufacturing and Finance of Haycarb. Sri Lanka.....................................................................................40
W.K.N. Shantichandra

Position Paper of the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST),
Philippines on Coconut Oil..............................................................................................43

Market Outlook: Second Half of 2008........................................................................... 46
By Amrizal Idroes

Coco Events - Past & Coming Events ........................................................................... 49

Statistics ......................................................................................................................53

• Table 1: WORLD Exports of Coconut Oil, 2001- 2007 (in MT)
• Table 2: Price of Coconut Products and Selected Vegetable Oils, 2007/08 (US$/MT CIF, EUROPE)
• Table 3: WORLD-Oil Balances, 2005/06-2007/08 (In Million Metric Tons)
• Table 4: WORLD-Oil Meals Balances, 2005/06-2007/08 (In Million Metric Tons)