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A NEW TECHNOLOGY

Today the people of Samoa are seeing a renaissance in the coconut oil industry. This is made more exciting by the creation of new technology, which both improves and simplifies the extraction of pure virgin oil from coconuts. This new method is called Direct Micro expelling technology, or DME.

The old process for extracting coconut oil from copra meant the oil had to be refined, bleached, and deodorized. During this process natural properties of the oil are lost and the end product is impure. The old process took weeks between when the copra was dried and when it was crushed in the copra mill. Using DME the oil is ready in less than two hours of opening the nut.

Another amazing fact about this new technology is that the entire process can take place in a rural village with no further processing needed.
Adi Maimalaga Tafunai: Executive Director of the Woman in Business Foundation says:

“The new technology is so simple, it’s the perfect income generating activity for the rural villages. The oil that’s produced is of such good quality that the villagers receive maximum benefits for their product. There is also opportunity for value added products such as cosmetics, cooking oil, and other foods”

Already a number of local people have embraced this new technology and are benefiting from the higher income than what they were receiving with copra. The further development of this new coconut oil industry will benefit Samoa in a number of ways. Firstly it will provide employment for the youth living in villages. This will give them more reason to remain in the villages, lessening the problems that towns such as Apia are experiencing.

Secondly the extra virgin coconut oil can be sold overseas, earning Samoa valuable foreign exchange and assisting the development of the economy. Just as importantly, the local use of coconut oil will help reduce the dependence on inferior imported vegetable oils and meat drippings. This will in turn help reduce the number of diet related diseases so prevalent now in Samoa and around the globe.