Copra continues to be one of the country’s major agriculture exports. Chief Produce inspector for CEMA Patterson Siliota says copra is still one of the major agriculture despite a drop in production the past few years.
The Solomon Islands 2013 Bio-Security Act has been enacted. The Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Honourable Augustin Auga has gazetted the 2013 Bio-Security Act in a Notice of Commencement early this month.
Farmers in North West Guadalcanal have received wheelbarrows and tools from their Member of Parliament. SIBC Stringer, John Toki reports Bodo Dettke gave out 400 wheelbarrows and a number of agricultural tools in efforts to support people to access basic tools to produce copra and cocoa for their…
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has said the country needs to go back to the basics and establish whether its key basic activities are functioning to the level required to move the economy forward. Speaking to local journalists in a Budget Reporting workshop held in Honiara over the weekend, Mr.
Solomon Islands cocoa industry needs to collaborate to exploit the full economic potential of cocoa as a commodity with benefits for people. Minister for Commerce William Marau made the statement last week, during the official opening of the new National Cocoa Quality Testing Lab at the CEMA…
The recently opened National Cocoa Quality Testing Laboratory will enable exporters for the first time to test their beans and receive accreditation for quality.
Local farmers and cocoa exporters can now produce quality cocoa beans internationally for export after being presented a new National Cocoa Quality Testing Laboratory.
Officers from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock and Kastom Garden have today attended a one-day mini workshop to update the results of NARI-EU funded project in Solomon Islands.
A collective land use consultation process is an important avenue for land-based development in the country. Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Augustine Auga made the statement at a National Land Use Policy Workshop in Honiara this week.
The Meteorological Services today received three additional Automatic Rain Gauges under the EU-NARI ARD Project. The Automatic Rain Gauges are for Russell Islands, Gizo, and Buma in Malaita Province.
Developing the Agriculture sector is a top priority of the national government. The Agriculture Ministry’s social page said more than 80 percent of the country’s population depends on this sector.
The Minister for Agriculture and Livestock has encouraged Solomon Islanders to consume large amounts of locally grown food to prevent “non-communicable or lifestyle diseases”, currently on the rise in the country.
A series of piggery and village chicken feed formulation for livestock officers and farmers in Honiara is to be hosted at Aruligo, West Guadalcanal and Buma in Malaita Province.
Coconut Plantation owners in North Guadalcanal are concerned by the recent announcement of the new pest identified by Bio Security officers of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.
A retired senior agriculture extension officer and local copra producers in Shortland Islands are calling on the Democratic Coalition for Change Government to do away with discretionary rights to agriculture funds especially for copra.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock has set up a task force committee to investigate how far the world’s most dangerous coconut beetle ‘Oryctes rhinoceros’ has spread across the country.
The world’s most deadly coconut rhinoceros beetle known as Oryctes rhinoceros has been confirmed to be present in Honiara. Solomon Islands ‘Biosecurity and Agriculture Research’, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) confirmed after a member of the public reported strange damages on coconut…
Deteriorating road conditions in North Malaita have interrupted business activities in the region, especially for local cocoa farmers and wet bean buyers. Wet cocoa bean buyers have decided to halt their services to local cocoa farmers in the region as road conditions in the area have worsened.
Local farmers in North Malaita are calling on the Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) Government not to divert funds intended for agriculture projects.
An intending candidate in this year’s national general election has called for major economic interventions, targeting agriculture and education as priority sectors.
