Coconut winemaking boosts local industry

Описание: (1 Jul 2008) SHOTLIST :
1. Wide of boat sailing on backwaters
2. Coconut plantation on bank of backwaters
3. Coconut trees
4. Close of tender coconuts
5. Row of bottles of coconut wine
6. Tracking shot of coconut wine bottles in a row
7. Close of wine being poured into glasses from bottle
8. Sebastian P. Augustine and his wife pouring wine
9. Close of glass being filled
10. Wide of Augustine serving wine to people
11. Man sipping wine
12. People having coconut wine
13. SOUNDBITE (Malayalam) Sojan, Guest :
"What distinguishes it from other drinks...I mean other wines are supposed to have chemical contents. So this is free from all that. That's the difference."
14. Close of two glasses being raised in toast
15. SOUNDBITE (English): Joseph, Guest :
"I am not at all using this liquor or otherwise, but I use this...it is something like a coconut...tender coconut. I like it very much."
16. Pull out from close of feet to man climbing coconut tree
17. Various of man climbing coconut tree
18. Man sliding coconuts down a rope
19. Close of coconuts sliding down the rope
20. Man carrying coconuts in basket on his head
21. Close of cutting of coconut
22. People cutting coconut
23. Cut coconut in basket
24. Augustine pouring coconut water into pot
25. Coconut water being poured into pot
26. Close of Augustine's face
27. Augustine stirring the brew, mixing yeast and sugar in coconut water
28. Augustine draining water from coconut into ceramic pot
29. Close of half cut coconut kernel
30. Augustine adding coconut pulp into ceramic pot
31. Close of pulp falling into pot
32. Mid of pineapple
33. Augustine's wife mixing the brew
34. Close of brew being stirred
35. Augustine's wife pouring coconut water mix into the wine
36. Glucose level of solution being measured in test tube
37. Close of ceramic pot being covered for fermentation
38. SOUNDBITE (English) Sebastian P. Augustine, Coconut wine maker :
"The product is mainly using tender coconut, water and it's kernel and some fruits with sugar and yeast, converted into - ten days it is converted into wine. After ten days we will conduct clarification with egg whites for fifteen days. After fifteen days wine is ready for use."
39. Close of alcohol tester with two coconuts in background
40. Various of test report showing chemical composition of coconut wine
41. Close of patent certificate of coconut wine
42. SOUNDBITE (Malayalam) Muhammed, Coconut farmer :
"The benefit from the tender coconut you will get when you start marketing the wine. It is that benefit I have in mind. I hear that he has got the patent for it. Patent is given usually on the basis of the quality of the product. It will be an extra income. "
43. Man with coconuts attached to boat sailing through backwaters
44. Close of one end of boat with coconuts
45. Wide of boat sailing through backwaters with coconuts at sunset
LEAD IN:
A farmer in Kerala, India, has patented a recipe for making wine from coconut water.
He is hoping his invention will boost tourism and provide relief to farmers battling low coconut prices and a volatile market.
STORYLINE:
Kerala produces nearly half the total coconut crop in India.
In 2006, the state reported a total production of over six (b)billion nuts. But coconut farming remains a risky venture, and farmers are at the mercy of market fluctuations and pest attacks.
When disease infected his coconut plantation in Kasargod, 66-year-old coconut farmer, Sebastian P. Augustine, found a way to convert the crisis into an opportunity.
The invention has had many benefits for the people of Kasargod.
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