Category: Agriculture

COCOA INDUSTRY HAS MORE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL: WILLIAM MARAU
Agriculture

COCOA INDUSTRY HAS MORE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL: WILLIAM MARAU

admin- February 22, 2015

Hon. William Bradford Marau, Minister for Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration and MP for Ulawa Ugi. Photo credit: GCU. Solomon Islands cocoa industry needs to ... Read More

NEWLY OPENED COCOA TESTING LAB TO HELP COCOA EXPORTERS
Agriculture

NEWLY OPENED COCOA TESTING LAB TO HELP COCOA EXPORTERS

admin- February 21, 2015

Dried cocoa beans processed at the new laboratory. Photo credit: SIBC. The recently opened National Cocoa Quality Testing Laboratory will enable exporters for the first ... Read More

LOCAL COCOA PRODUCERS CAN NOW PRODUCE QUALITY COCOA BEANS
Agriculture

LOCAL COCOA PRODUCERS CAN NOW PRODUCE QUALITY COCOA BEANS

admin- February 19, 2015

Minister of Commerce, Willie Bradford Marau and Australian Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Hon. Steven Ciobo. Photo credit: SIBC. Local farmers and cocoa exporters can ... Read More

AGRICULTURE OFFICERS ATTENDED N.A.R.I – E.U PROJECT UPDATE
Agriculture

AGRICULTURE OFFICERS ATTENDED N.A.R.I – E.U PROJECT UPDATE

admin- February 18, 2015

Slippery cabbage. Photo credit: edibleplantproject.org Officers from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock and Kastom Garden have today attended a one-day mini workshop to update ... Read More

MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE HIGHLY COMMENDS LAND USE MEETING
Agriculture

MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE HIGHLY COMMENDS LAND USE MEETING

admin- February 13, 2015

Hon. Augustine Auga, the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development and MP for Lau and Baelelea. Photo credit: GCU. A collective land use consultation process ... Read More

MET SERVICES RECEIVED 3 ADDITIONAL AUTOMATIC RAIN GAUGES
Agriculture

MET SERVICES RECEIVED 3 ADDITIONAL AUTOMATIC RAIN GAUGES

admin- February 13, 2015

An example of an automatic rain gauge. Photo credit: www.cimel.fr The Meteorological Services today received three additional Automatic Rain Gauges under the EU-NARI ARD Project. ... Read More

DEVELOPING AGRICULTURE SECTOR IS TOP PRIORITY FOR GOVERNMENT
Agriculture

DEVELOPING AGRICULTURE SECTOR IS TOP PRIORITY FOR GOVERNMENT

admin- February 7, 2015

A cocoa plantation in Solomon Islands. Photo credit: pacificgrowers.net Developing the Agriculture sector is a top priority of the national government. The Agriculture Ministry's social ... Read More