THE COPRA PROBLEM Conventional coconut oil comes from dried coconut flesh, called copra. Copra is dried in a woodfuelled kiln, or in the sun, over a period of a few days. It is timeconsuming, dirty, lonely, arduous, maledominated, fuelintensive and lowpaying work. Many farmers consider it a form of slavery. The journey of the copra from farm to mill is interesting: