BY JOHN HOUANIHAU LAU/Baelelea constituency in North Malaita, Malaita province is seeing an increase of rice farmers as more 120 farmers in the communities avail their lands for the development according to local farmer John Samani. In an interview with Environment…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU John Samani did his form one to five at the St Joseph Tenaru in late 1990 after formally completing his primary school education at Takwoa primary school in North Malaita, Malaita province. Since he left high school,…
GOVERNMENT through the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) has signed a one million grant agreement recently with the Solomon Poultry Farmers Association (SPFA) to help boost poultry production with the determination to reduce imports of poultry meat and eggs.…
A training that equipped Kava farmers on Kolombangara Island with the required knowledge and skills to produce quality kava products for export market was held on 23 and 24 August 2021 at Ringi in the Western Province. The Ministry of…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU IT is the first time for the government’s agriculture ministry and the country to have an agriculture 10-year strategy plan, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Ethel Tebengi Frances. In the wake…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE first-ever 10-year Agriculture Sector Growth Strategy and Investment Plan has received overwhelming support and valuable inputs from the Premiers as it’s going through the final consultation for ratification before presentation to Cabinet. This was after the…
FOOD waste and loss are an important issue in Solomon Islands that needs to be addressed as a lot of food has been wasted by our producers and vendors says the Deputy Secretary Technical (DST) of the Ministry of Agriculture…
FOOD waste and loss is an important issue in Solomon Islands that needs to be addressed as a lot of food have been wasted by our producers and vendors says the Deputy Secretary Technical (DST) of the Ministry of Agriculture…
A workshop that introduced and demonstrated approaches and tools relevant to supporting revitalisation of the Land Purchase Cooperatives (LPCs) in the Solomon Islands was held recently. Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Ministry of Commerce, Immigration, Labour and Industry (MCILI), and…
BIOSECURITY Solomon Islands of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) has delivered eye-opening presentations to farmers in Malaita Province on Biosecurity export procedures to meet the requirements of international markets. Biosecurity Chief Market Access Officer Luke Kiriau emphasized the…
A workshop that introduced and demonstrated approaches and tools relevant to supporting revitalisation of the Land Purchase Cooperatives (LPCs) in Solomon Islands was held recently. Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Ministry of Commerce, Immigration, Labour and Industry (MCILI) and rep…
BIOSECURITY Solomon Islands of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) has delivered eye opening presentations to farmers in Malaita Province on Biosecurity export procedures to meeting requirements of international markets. Biosecurity Chief Market Access Officer Luke Kiriau emphasized the…