THE highly priced Durian fruit crop has the potential to benefit farmers in Malaita Province following a recent discovery that the crop already yielded substantial revenue for existing rural farmers in Dala, West Kwara’ae constituency. This has prompted the Malaita…
SELECTED farmers and officers of the Ministry of Agriculture’s livestock department are currently attending a month long training on broiler rearing, breeding, feeding and housing management in Indonesia. The 20-person delegation from the provinces and MAL left the country on…
A consultation on the Kava Regional Development Strategy 2024-2028 and presentation of a scoping study on developing a kava-based pharmaceutical/nutraceutical industry in the Pacific was held in Honiara on Wednesday 18th October 2023. The consultation was facilitated by a team…
MORE than 20 government officers from the Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Commerce have successfully completed a training seminar on ‘Rural Development’ for Solomon Islands in China over the weekend. The program was held…
OFFICERS from the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) who are currently attending a three-weeks seminar on ‘Rural Development” for Solomon Islands in China had the opportunity to deepen their understanding and knowledge on China’s agriculture transformation and rural development. This…
THROUGH the support of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus, assistance funded by Australia and New Zealand had been provided to Goshen Enterprise LTD with the provision of 500 harvest bins. This is to assist the company…
HORTICULTURE New Zealand hosted the annual RSE Conference in Christchurch from the 1st to the 2nd of August. The 16th RSE Annual Conference brought together the Pacific and RSE employers to share learnings and discuss the future of the scheme.…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU ATUNODA Pineapple Association of Guadalcanal province will be among some provinces in the country in charge of pineapple supplies during the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara. The Association is based in Gheghede village, North East Guadalcanal Constituency…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU A Taro training workshop for rural farmers was successfully held at Nariekeara Village in West Are’are, Malaita Province. Forty (40) participants (men and women) from Communities within Ward twenty-four (24) attended the two-day workshop that was funded…
BY LIONEL TAORAO in Ulawa Island, Makira/Ulawa Province THE number of people venturing into beekeeping on Ulawa Island has increased recently, as the buying price for bulk honey on Ulawa continues to increase. The increase, according to some long-time beekeeping…
Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Jeremiah Manele has handed over a new Taro pack house building to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock at Adeliua, Fiu on Malaita Province. The new pack house is worth SBD $1.5…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU WHEN the Director of Palmer Organic Farm, Tony Inben started introducing newly imported brands of organic products and using them to grow cabbage and other root crops in farms at Taloa and Metapona in East Guadalcanal, he…