With lockdowns in both Sri Lanka and India and disturbed transport chains, the supply of coco substrates is under pressure. Jack van Batenburg with Shakti Cocos explains how the company tries to take care of their production and their people.

Sri Lanka and India are Shakti Cocos' main production regions for coco substrates. Both those countries are in lockdown, until at least April 15 in India, and for Sri Lanka no end date is given yet. Shakti Cocos is forced to close facilities for some period, which will affect both production capacity and delivery times. The offices are closed and containers cannot be loaded and shipped. Courier companies are not working either, meaning pending documents of shipped containers can't be send.

Shakti Cocos only has an office in the Netherlands, no stock. The production of the coco substrates is more or less per order. The product is custom-made for every customer, depending on the crop they grow and the specific situation of the grower. Because most of the products are customized, Shakti Cocos can't really keep stock.

Read the full article here (floradaily.com – 1^st April 2020)

Image: Compressed coco peat by Jungle Rebel - CC BY 2.0