By RODRICK DESURI

Auki

The owner and manager of JK Enterprises in West Kwaio, Malaita Province, is urging young people in West Kwaio to plant more coconut trees.

Jimmy Kutu announced this during the official closing of the Kokonut Cup Tournament 2025.

He said that dry coconut fruit sizes have reduced, along with the number of coconuts sold to his company.

He said the small size of the fruits indicates that the coconut trees were planted in the 60s to 90s.

Thus, he calls on young people to start planting coconut trees.

He explained that the low supply of coconut fruits to his business and the small size of the fruits have affected the prizes for the Kokonut Cup Tournament.

“Happy New Year to you all! I know you might feel sad due to a few things not being organized well.

“I want to say sorry, and I know you all are very happy and enjoyed this tournament because it was organized by my family.

“I see you all have shown the spirit of sportsmanship, and it motivates us to organize more of this event next year,” he said.

He said the tournament this year was only possible due to the dry coconut fruits that people sold to them.

He encourages everyone to engage in planting and having their own coconut farms to increase production so they can improve on organising the tournament in the future.

“I encourage you to at least plant more coconut trees on your own. This is the only way it can improve our tournament in the future, and we will have good prizes,” he said.

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