Category: Agriculture
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
BODO SUPPORTED FARMERS WITH WHEELBARROWS
Honourable Bodo Dettke-Minister for Forestry and Research. Photo credit: GCU. Farmers in North West Guadalcanal have received wheelbarrows and tools from their Member of Parliament. ... Read More
BACK TO THE BASICS SOLOMON ISLANDS: PM SOGAVARE
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. Photo credit: OPMC. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has said the country needs to go back to the basics and establish whether ... Read More
COCOA INDUSTRY HAS MORE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL: WILLIAM MARAU
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