Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Unless you’re a bona fide green thumb, you’ve likely never heard of coco coir before. Pronounced “coco coy-er,” it’s the fibrous ...

Mats made of coconut coir or fiber are now the notable products in the towns of Bantayan and Medellin, according to one of the officials of the Philippine Coconut Authority-7 recently. PCA-7 project ...

MANILA, Philippines - Coconut coir producers are partnering with the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) on the use of coconut fiber as erosion control tool in compliance with the Mining Act. The move ...

THE Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) encouraged the local government units (LGUs) to use coconut fiber in restoring Sendong-damaged riverbanks. PCA Negros Oriental coconut development manager ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur—The women of Barangay Ladgadan here now lead better lives. Some 50 women from this remote village are twiners of coco coir, a rope fiber fashioned from coconut husks and ...

The Lion’s Face, an exquisite creation made of coconut coir fibre by a group of craftswomen of a tiny hamlet of Janupalli panchayat in Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema district in Andhra Pradesh, is set ...

Unless you’re a bona fide green thumb, you’ve likely never heard of coco coir before. Pronounced “coco coy-er,” it’s the fibrous husk that comprises the outer layer of a ripe coconut. Gardeners often ...