A coconut festival will be held in the northeastern city of Nagua to highlight that coconuts are much more than the idyllic trees that spell tropics in destination photographs. Nagua will be hosting the Second National Coconut Festival on Wednesday, 24 July 2019.
Producers and processors from all around the country will concentrate in Nagua for the event. During the activity, processors will present over 60 by-products made from the coconut fruit, such as oil, flour, juice, water, shell arts and crafts, cosmetics, fertilizers, liqueurs, stimulants, medicines and more.
The event has the backing of the National Confederation of Agricultural Producers (Confenagro). This year it will be dedicated to businessman Pedro Brache, of the Rica Group.
The Dominican Republic is an important producer of coconuts. Over 300 million coconut nuts are produced every year.
2 July 2019