COPRA
Copra – is a film that was made by students
From Mwaluphamba Secondary School, focusing on the importance and benefits of Copra
It’s been 3 years since I started this work.
I buy produce from farmers.
The produce is Copra.
I also buy coconuts which I weigh.
I encounter a lot of problems with transporting the produce to the markets
I would like to request and call on farmers
to dialogue and agree on the price that I get from the brokers.
Because if I buy a kilo for ten shillings,
The brokers buy from me at fifteen shillings.
Because of the transportation cost, I get nothing.
I also face other challenges. When I buy 3 bags of coconuts
I might have them for three weeks.
The weight reduces by about a kilo.
If they had weighed like a kilo.
So for 200 kilos I may end up with only 160, a loss of 40 kilos
This is a great loss to me.
I would like to have a facility where other farmers and I
could take our produce to sell.