PASTURE UNDER COCONUT IN THAILAND : VALUE OF CATTLE MANURE TO SOME OF THE UNINTEGRATED FARMERS
“ … many {coconut} plantation owners appreciate the value of cattle manure in relation to soil fertility in their plantations. They made contracts with and paid to stock raisers , & 2-3 per month for a herd of cattle or buffaloes to the night corral located in the plantations. This was done just to let the stocks drop their manure for the coconut soil and so to improve its fertility .”