Category: Agriculture
GOV’T CRITICISED OVER COPRA & COCOA BUDGET ALLOCATIONS
Opposition Leader Jeremiah Manele. Photo credit: Office of the Opposition. The Leader of Opposition has criticised the Government's allocation of $8.8 million to coconut and ... Read More
ATA’A ARTIFICIAL COMMUNITIES HARVEST SwoCK-BASED FOOD CROPS
A woman harvesting potatoes. Photo credit: http://www.undp-alm.org/projects/af-solomon-islands Artificial communities in Ata'a, North Malaita have successfully harvested their SwoCk-Based food crops this week. The harvest comes ... Read More
AGRICULTURE MINISTRY TO LAUNCH 2nd COMPONENT OF R.D.P
Agribusiness picture. Photo credit: www.farmingafrika.com The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock will launch the second component of its Rural Development Project this Friday. The project ... Read More
FARMERS CALLED ON GOV’T TO FACILITATE COFFEE EXPORTING
Coffee. Photo credit: seeyousoon.ca Coffee farmers in the North East highlands of Guadalcanal have called on the Sogavare-led Government to address current biosecurity issues holding up exporting ... Read More
LOCAL FARMERS BENEFITED FROM BEE KEEPING WORKSHOP
A 130 Queen Bees had been imported from Western Australia in 2014. Photo: Courtesy of SIBC. Up to 60 people have been trained in beekeeping ... Read More
COPRA REMAINS COUNTRY’s MAJOR AGRICULTURE EXPORT
Coconut copra. Photo credit: www.jebasexports.com Copra continues to be one of the country's major agriculture exports. Chief Produce inspector for CEMA Patterson Siliota says copra ... Read More
SOLOMON ISLANDS 2013 BIO-SECURITY ACT ENACTED
Birds that are prohibited under the Bio-Security Act to be pests. Photo credit: SIBC. The Solomon Islands 2013 Bio-Security Act has been enacted. The Minister ... Read More