Agricultural Extension Officers Not Doing Their Job, Says McDonnell Hiva
BY MYRNE LIVETT DEPUTY Director Project of Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, McDonnell Hiva has expressed concern over the lack of technical and advisory services to farmers across Guadalcanal and blamed the provincial agricultural extension officers for not precisely doing…
Ahetaha Water Conservation Association in East Are’are Celebrates Handing over of Milestone Projects
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU AHETAHA Water Conservation Association in East Are’are, Malaita province has recently welcomed and celebrated a milestone project aimed to improve the livelihood of their community. In a ceremony to mark the handing over of a small grant…
Logging Encroachment Damages on Zoko Tribal Land in South Choiseul Costs USD 53.5 Million
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE greatest challenge faced by the Zoko tribal landowners in South Choiseul, Choiseul Province in the Solomon Islands today is the increasing rate of environmental damage and forest encroachment on their land due to commercial logging. In…
New Environmental Learning Centre Launched
BY JOY OFASIA A new environmental learning centre for the natural environment was launched earlier last week at the Botanical garden office. Speaking to the Sunday Isles paper, the Project coordinator of the Learning and Ecological Activities Foundation for Children,…
Subsistence Farming Matters
BY MYRNE LIVETT SMALL-scale semi-subsistence farming remains a common practice that sustains the livelihood of most people in Central Guadalcanal. Recently, Isles Media interviewed Freddie Nahum Maeni 52, one of a hard-working rural semi-subsistence farmers of Mataruka village in the…