The phenomenal growth of the nata de coco industry. –
Objectives. –
Methodology. –
The nata de coco production –
The nata de coco producers. –
Production technology. –
Marketing systems. –
Production, sales, and prices. –
Labor requirement. –
Capital investment and measures of profitability. –
The nata de coco trading. –
The nata de coco traders. –
Traders' marketing practices. –
Purchases and sales. –
Capital investment, expenses, and gross margin. –
Labor requirement. –
Problems and issues. –
Production and marketing. –
Nata quality. –
Use of chemical inputs. –
Waste disposal. –
Prices of inputs. –
Market competition. –
Problems of traders. –
Prospects, policy issues, and recommendations. –
Prospects. –
Policy issues. –
Recommendations.

"This publication presents the results of the survey of the nata de coco industry conducted during the last quarter of 1993. The study focuses on supply and demand; constraints to production; social, economic, and environmental issues; potentials; and policy recom- mendations for a viable nata de coco industry.
The study attempts to provide a comprehensive analysis of the industry whose emerging prospects in the local, as well as, in the international market could have afforded a livelihood opportunity to the country's thousands of unemployed and poverty-stricken population but whose great potentials were dampened by many problems besetting the industry.
We hope that this volume could serve as guide to policymakers and development planners in formulating strategies and alternatives responsive to the needs of the nata de coco industry."
- William D. Dar