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Coconut Sector of Tonga: Scenario Analysis, Comparative Trade Dynamics, and Challenges Confronted

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Title Coconut Sector of Tonga: Scenario Analysis, Comparative Trade Dynamics, and Challenges Confronted
 
Creator Jayasekhar S
Tevita Lautaha
Kulu Bloomfield
 
Subject Coconut, Challenges, Tonga
 
Description Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) deputation to Kingdom of Tonga
Coconut economy of Tonga has been experiencing a crisis with respect
to production sphere, palm senility, natural calamities, value addition, farm gate prices, stable
domestic market, export orientation, stakeholder synergy and convergence. This is in contrast
to the earlier scenario, way back in the 1970s through 1990s, during which coconut sector has
dominated the export scenario in Tonga with copra making providing a robust livelihood
security to the people. Above all, the emerging market and trade related challenges in the
liberalized regime are difficult to cop up. On the other hand, coconut sector in Tonga still has
the potential to provide year round security. There exists a fairly good domestic market for
coconut and coconut products. The health benefits of coconut oil as cooking oil is popular by
now. There is a potential to change the consumer perception in this regard and there by
entering into a huge domestic segment. Similarly, by effectively popularizing the benefits of
products like Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO), there is huge scope to enter into the segment of
domestic health care. For the coconut sector of Tonga, we need to have a very well chalked out
domestic market orientation coupled with a unique strategy to enter the niche export
segments.
ITEC-MEA, Government of India
 
Date 2018-12-01T08:35:01Z
2018-12-01T08:35:01Z
2017-07-01
 
Type Working Paper
 
Identifier Jayasekhar Somasekharan, Tevita Lautaha and Kulu Bloomfield. 2017. Coconut Sector of Tonga: Scenario Analysis, Comparative Trade Dynamics, and Challenges Confronted. Working Paper. Ministry of Commerce Consumer Trade Innovation and Labour, Kingdom of Tonga. July 2017: 21p.
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/14873
 
Language English
 
Relation Not Available;Working Paper
 
Publisher MCCTIL. Tonga