With lockdowns in both Sri Lanka and India and commove transport chains , the supply of coco substrates is under imperativeness . Jack van Batenburg with Shakti Cocos explains how the troupe tries to take concern 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 yield capacity and obstetrical delivery multiplication . The offices are close and containers can not be adulterate and shipped . Courier companies are not working either , meaning pending text file of shipped containers ca n’t be send .
Shakti Cocos only has an role in the Netherlands , no stock . The production of the coco substrate is more or less per order . The mathematical product is custom - made for every client , depending on the crop they grow and the specific situation of the agriculturist . Because most of the products are customized , Shakti Cocos ca n’t really keep stock . And now , in the ' blossom season ' , any broth they did have and what ’s produced is instantly shipped . Next to the lockdown , India has had to take with an highly wet and long monsoon end 2019 , which resulted in fairly no production possible till the middle of January 2020 .
" We do n’t know yet what the economical consequence of this crisis and the lockdown are going to be . " Of course , customers pick out our product because it gets them the high yield for their product . If the great unwashed now buy plants , and purchase substrate from us but that ca n’t be delivered , what will they do ? " That is the question for Shakti Cocos . " Let ’s hope it does n’t derive to that . "
It ’s especially hard on workers in Sri Lanka and India . There is n’t a social ' security measures net ' like there is here . They really are not allowed to leave their houses and have to make do with the nutrient they have in the house and with what they can get during some limited hours they can go for shopping . Everything is closed . Besides , the fortune are different there . masses are used to living out of doors , so their living outer space is small and hot . " A part of our staff has permanent employment , others are temporary workers , who , when there is not much work on the field , knock on our threshold to see if we have any body of work for them . This is truly a grown matter of business organization to me , " says Jack .
For more information : Shakti CocosHonderdland 2512676 LS MaasdijkThe Netherlands+31 ( 0 ) 174 255 674[email protected ]
