Read a personal account from Dr Zenebe Uraguchi, who is now the Head of the HAFL Hugo P. Cecchini Institute for International Cooperation and Development at the Bern University of Applied Sciences in Zollikofen. He was previously with Helvetas for 13 years.
The extraction of tannins has the potential to create new, sustainable income opportunities for the people of the Philippines. In a four-year project, researchers from the Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH) and the Philippines identified coconut husks as a promising source of large quantities of tannin.