Category: Agriculture
RICE FARMERS FROM YSABEL & WESTERN TRAINED ON RICE MILLING
The rice field at the Taiwanese Technical farm in Honiara. Photo credit: SIBC. Rice farmers from Ysabel and Western Provinces have received training on using ... Read More
PRODUCING 20 METRIC TONES OF COCOA PER YEAR ACHIEVABLE
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Jimmy Saelea. Photo credit: SIBC. The local cocoa industry's target to produce 20 metric tonnes per ... Read More
SOLOMONS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING CHOCOLATE: HIELE
Dried cocoa beans processed at the new laboratory in Honiara. Photo credit: SIBC. Solomon Islands is capable of producing its own chocolate for export. Manager ... Read More
ELSIE WOTA WINNER OF CHOCOLATE COMPETITION
Cocoa pods ready for harvest. Photo credit: New Mail. Twenty-six year old Elsie Wota from North Guadalcanal has won the chocolate competition in the Cocoa ... Read More
MAKIRA BANANA FARMERS ASSISTANCE ONE-NOTCH UP.
A banana variety in Makira Ulawa Province. Photo credit: dialogues.cgiar.org The Makira Ulawa Provincial Government is one notch up in its effort to assist banana ... Read More
YOUNG COCOA FARMER EXCITED ABOUT EXPORT POSSIBILITIES
Cocoa pods ready for harvest. Photo credit: New Mail. Twenty-year-old local female cocoa farmer Agnes Pilopaso is very excited about the possibility of being a ... Read More
GIANT AFRICAN SNAIL LOWER CROP PRODUCTION ON GUADALCANAL
The recent flash floods on Guadalcanal has spread the Giant African Snail further. Photo credit: The Hindu. A man from East-Central Guadalcanal is concerned, the ... Read More