Firm bats for more investments in coco-coir industry businessmirror.ph/index.php/en/business/agri-commodities/19898 Sherwin Millares, a bioengineering systems specialist for CTC, said the firm has been exporting cocopeat to China, Japan and South Korea for many years now. “Right now, our biggest importer of cocopeat is Japan. They use it as substrate for their hydroponics,” Millares said. A technology which uses only water and soluble nutrients for plants and vegetables, hydroponics is gaining popularity for it can sustain a vegetable garden even without soil. Millares explained that coco coir, can be woven into coco nets or geo-textiles, which have been proven as effective and ecologically sound materials for soil erosion control.
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