Solomon Islands long wait to meet international market standard requirements for the export of agricultural products will soon be a thing of the past. Thanks to a National Government funded building complex to house a vapor heat treatment plant at the MAL Biosecurity area close to Henderson…
By Alfred Pagepitu The Commodities Export Marketing Authority (CEMA) urges farmers to produce quality cocoa beans and not to resell rejected cocoa beans to other buyers who are licensed to export quality cocoa.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) and the Biosecurity Solomon Islands (BSI) are intensifying efforts to contain the spread of the Asian Subterranean Termite (AST) following its recent confirmation in Solomon Islands.
A Plant Health Clinic (PHC) session for vegetables, fruit trees and root crop farmers from surrounding communities at New Zealand camp in east Honiara is scheduled to be held next Tuesday.
Cocoa farmers in Solomon Islands will soon be benefiting from a funding assistance for tools and equipment to help improve cocoa productivity. The exciting news was announced during a meeting held between the Minister for Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) Hon.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) under the capable and visionary leadership of Honourable Minister Franklyn Derek Wasi is taking immediate steps in addressing the Solomon Islands cocoa industry which holds significant potential to contribute to the economy of our country.
The new Honourable Minister for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) Franklyn Derek Wasi says he is pushing for the availability of more funds to revitalize the cocoa industry. Early this week the ministry through the Hon.
The Hon. Minister for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) has thanked Lottie Vaisekavea for his outstanding work leading the Ministry for the past 20 months as the MAL Permanent Secretary. PS Vaisekavea has been reshuffled to the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD).
Thirty (30) Solomon Islanders are currently attending a three-week training program on ‘processing of agricultural and by-products’ organized for the Solomon Islands in Beijing, China.
SOLOMON Noni Corporation Ltd has made a historical breakthrough into the USA market, the world’s largest economy after exporting 40 tons of noni juice to Los Angeles. 40 tons of noni were exported at the beginning of this month and 80 more tons to be exported in the next few months. The 40 tons of
The Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus (PACER Plus) has supported Biosecurity Solomon Islands in the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock with the provision of IT equipment to support the implementation of ePhyto in Solomon Islands.
A senior supervisory mission team from the Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS) of China on Friday 3 rd November 2023 visited SAPE farm in the Guadalcanal Plains, North Guadalcanal.
A consultation on the Kava Regional Development Strategy 2024-2028 and presentation of a scoping study on developing a kava-based pharmaceutical/nutraceutical industry in the Pacific was held in Honiara on Wednesday 18th October 2023.
Officers from the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) who are currently attending a three-weeks seminar on ‘Rural Development” for Solomon Islands in China had the opportunity to deepen their understanding and knowledge on China’s agriculture transformation and rural development.
Leaders of three tribal groups within the Auluta basin area in East Malaita have applauded the National Government for accepting the offer to develop commercial rice farming in the area.
The Japanese Ambassador to the Solomon Islands His Excellency MIWA Yoshiaki, visited farms belonging to Farmers under the Ghaobata Ward Farmers Association (GWFA) in Ghaobata Ward 21 in North Guadalcanal Constituency on Friday last week.
Work on the Cocoa Factory National project in Makira/Ulawa Province is progressing well at the Provincial Capital, Kirakira. The project’s recipient and coordinator, Allen Pinihimae, stated that despite some financial setbacks, work is progressing slowly with the arrival of building materials.
Some of the country’s leading agriculture exporters and producers will be travelling to Australia this month for a marketing trip. Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Jeremiah Manele announced this at the opening of the Taro Pack House in Malaita Province last week.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Hon. Jeremiah Manele officially handed over the country’s first ever pack house for taro production to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock this morning at Adaliua in Central Kwara’ae, Malaita Province.
The Hon. Minister for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) Augustine Auga has left the country Tuesday 07th March for the Pacific Head of Agriculture and Forestry Service convene to be held in Fiji on the 9th of March, to be followed by the Pacific Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry…
