Coconut palms dominate the landscape on each island. Together with the products of the reef and the ocean, coconuts are the major contributors to village diet—not only the nuts themselves but also the sap. The gathered sap, or toddy, is used in cooking and as a sweet beverage; fermented,...
In some instances, human activities can have a positive impact on the FGL, for example on Tarawa Atoll (Kiribati) where clearing of coconut trees enabled significantly more rainfall to reach the lens as recharge, which thickened parts of the FGL (Falkland and Woodroffe, 2004). However, the ...
Coconut is central to the diet and is especially valued for the sweet, vitamin-rich toddy (sap) cut from the flower spathe. Toddy is used as a children's drink or as a base for syrup. It can also be soured into vinegar and fermented into an alcoholic drink. Drunkenness is a ...
In this instance, copra was the only source of income in the Line Islands, which was limited by low-yielding senile trees and coconut rat infestation. The move to seaweed farming substantially improved well-being and increased economic growth for this population [20]. Women in our study were ...