BY LESLEY FOINAGWA Isles Media Freelance Reporter in Malaita A new nursery of about 10,000 coconut plants is ready to be distributed among farmers in Ward 28 in West Kwaio Constituency, Malaita Province. The Coconut Rehabilitation Project was made possible…
A training on food security was held for the first time for representatives of communities in ward 8 Northwest Gela, Central Island Province (CIP). The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) through its Extension office in CIP facilitated the training…
BY JOHN CHRISMA THE three days 2021 World Food Day Celebrations have ended successfully this week in Honiara. The event which was held at town ground saw a number of local farmers attending and showcasing their produce under the theme…
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 ISHMAEL NELSON AMEO FREELANCE REPORTER Matu Community in Santa Cruz Temotu Province has reopened its fishing ground on Sunday 26th September 2021 after a fishing ban was imposed three years ago. The ban was enforced by Matu Fisheries Committee…
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 two-day post-harvest training of trainers was successfully held at the Heritage Park Hotel in Honiara on 21 and 22 September 2021. Staff of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL), representatives from farmers and producer groups and market vendors…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU TA’ARUTONA village in the lagoon of West Are ‘are, Malaita province is now faced with an extreme threat from sea-level rise, a resident of the low lying island, Nelson Kohia told Environment Media. “As I rest in…
BY ALEX DADAMU THE Solomon Islands’ contemporary food systems were underperforming even before the COVID-19 Health Pandemic and have seen its worst since. This was according to the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) Mrs. Ethel…
BY ALEX DADAMU A 2 days Food Systems Summit Dialogues with the theme, ‘Food Systems for Health and Wealth,’ is currently underway in Honiara today with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) leading the discussions. According to the Briefing…
THE Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) through its Livestock Department has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Solomon Islands Pig Farmers Association (SIPFA) on 4th August 2021 towards development of the country’s pig industry. Permanent Secretary Ethel Tebengi…