Thursday, (29/09/22) at the secretariat of KWT Ijo Rimbun Montong Singgan Hamlet, Salut Village, Kayangan District, North Lombok Regency; efforts were made to improve the quality of cooking oil and Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) and its marketing. The activity was attended by 12 representatives of members by sorting and taking good quality coconuts, processing, extracting VCO, filtering oil up to the selection of marketing strategies for cooking oil and VCO.
Accompanied by SHEEP Indonesia Foundation, the effort was made based on the fact that the group has been facing problems with the quality and standardisation of cooking oil and VCO sold. The group members were very enthusiastic in observing and following the stages of the oil-making process. The activity was divided into 2 sessions; the first session, the group practised coconut collection techniques and extraction techniques; the strategies used in oil processing were the result of continuous trials conducted by the group and YSI as a post-training practice and comparative study so as to produce the best formulation. In the second session, group members practised product packaging according to the standards of the trade office and identified marketing strategies for VCO products produced by KWT Ijo Rimbun Montong Singgan Hamlet, Salut Village.
Coconut oil and VCO were developed because they are one of the leading commodities of Kayangan sub-district besides coffee. In the future, the group has plans to develop productive economic businesses by utilising the existing village potential, namely by creating an oil and coffee MSME industry centre.