BY JOHN HOUANIHAU EAST Central Guadalcanal vanilla farmers whose productions have been crippled in recent years, will benefit from last year’s People’s Republic of China funding to boost vanilla production in their rural setting. Rural Vanilla farmer and Co-Ordinator, Mathew…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU PALMER Organic Farm at Metapona in East Guadalcanal has introduced newly imported brands of organic products to meet the demand for local organic farmers in the Solomon Islands. The Director of Palmer Organic Farm, Tony Inben…
BY JOHN CHRISMA THE Northwest Guadalcanal Development Association NWGDA at Aruligo is currently working with members on boosting local farming activities. President of the Association, Simon Chottu told Environment Media in an interview recently, that the NWGDA has continued working…
Tilapia is a tropical freshwater fish suitable for providing a source of fish protein to meet food security needs and livelihood for the increasing populations of the country. However, Fish farming or pisciculture is not that common in the Solomon…
Root crop production at leading commercial farms on Guadalcanal and Malaita are expected to increase following the delivery of farming machines funded by the Chinese Government through the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) programme coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU THE bad weather warning for the Solomon Islands has been canceled by the Solomon Islands Meteorology Services in Honiara. Solomon Islands Meteorology Services (SIMS) office this week issued the cancellation after days of heavy rain and strong…
BY LIVETT MYRNE COMFORT Ms. LINA Dorovolomo’s passion for learning more about the natural environment since high school, took her to university to study science. After completing a postgrad at the university of south pacific in Fiji, she joined the…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU A heavy rain warning is now in force through all the nine provinces in the Solomon Islands, according to the Solomon Island Meteorology Service in Honiara this afternoon. Weather forecasting officer, Edward Maru told environment media that…
OFFICIAL from the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources and the Overseas Fishery Cooperation Foundation of Japan (OFCF) have held the 12th Joint Steering Committee meeting on their Sea cucumber Project recently. This was held through the zoom platform. Opening…
BY JOHN CHRISMA THE Central Market Vendors Association on Tuesday, March 14 reached Aruligho, Northwest Guadalcanal for the fifth time as part of the Association’s outreach to buy garden produces and other products from rural farmers. The arrangement was scheduled…
The Livelihood Sector Committee (LSC) of the National Disaster Operation Committees (N-DOC) has today condemn in its strongest term the action of certain individuals going around collecting five dollars ($5) fees from households before they can receive food relief assistance…
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU DESPITE the challenges faced due to the COVID-19 situation in the country, work on the Aruligo Tilapia Hatchery is slowly progressing well. The Superfly limited Energy Solution Company has recently made some progress in installing the hatchery…
