Copra Fund - Natural Resources and Environment Ecosystem Protection and Development. Country/Territory American Samoa (USA) Document type Legislation Date 1962 (1962) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Agricultural development Special fund Crops/grasses Credit Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Oceania, Polynesia, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific Abstract There is created the Copra Fund as a non-profit corporation. The Fund shall be operated for the mutual benefit of copra producers. The purposes of the Copra Fund are to: (1) promote and engage in any activity in connection with the production, grading, packing, processing, handling, etc. and in the financing of such operations; (2) to trade in copra; (3) and to grant loans and make advances to producers and otherwise assist producers of copra. The Fund shall be governed by a Board of Directors, the powers and duties of which are outlined in section 6. The Board of Directors may appoint a local manger. Local managers shall perform such duties as may be directed by the Board of Directors. Full text English Website www.asbar.org