The Kadmat island supports 6000 inhabitants. The island is 8km long, and is dense with palm trees. Electricity is solar powered (a government funded project), water is collected from bore holes, and the only form of production, is Coconut.
Coconuts are collected in piles outside the building.
Husks are removed by impaling the coconut on a steel spike. By hand.
The shells are then discarded (to make rope...).
The coco-nuts are then chipped at (by hand), breaking the shell, but preserving the perfectly soft flesh.
The soft flesh is then cleaned, cut into small pieces, and collected in buckets.
The chopped coconut flesh is then placed onto large trays, and put into an oven to dry.
A machine grinds the pulp into small flakes.
A sieve then separates the descimated coconut from the bigger pieces.
The coconut is then weighed by hand.
Parcelled and sealed.
And sold. At $1.50 per 750g.
And that is the islands main industry. One factory.
Coconuts are collected in piles outside the building.
Husks are removed by impaling the coconut on a steel spike. By hand.
The shells are then discarded (to make rope...).
The coco-nuts are then chipped at (by hand), breaking the shell, but preserving the perfectly soft flesh.
The soft flesh is then cleaned, cut into small pieces, and collected in buckets.
The chopped coconut flesh is then placed onto large trays, and put into an oven to dry.
A machine grinds the pulp into small flakes.
A sieve then separates the descimated coconut from the bigger pieces.
The coconut is then weighed by hand.
Parcelled and sealed.
And sold. At $1.50 per 750g.
And that is the islands main industry. One factory.
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