Through the partnership between the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Pacific Trade New Zealand, SICCI has promoted Solomon Islands honey in the New Zealand Market.
Solomon Islands has to ensure that cocoa, as its raw product, is well-looked after to determine the best cocoa product. Australian cocoa legend, Grant Vinning told SIBC News in an exclusive interview yesterday.
Task Force Janus led by the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force, RSIPF, has made another arrest, this time a senior public servant from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. Police Commissioner Matthew Varley told local journalists at his weekly media conference in Honiara today.
“I started with only four fish and now, I have around a thousand.” Situated just outside the Western Provincial capital Gizo is a tilapia farm, owned by Jimmy Sigepitu from Ranogga island. Mr Sigepitu 71, started the farm in 2007. “I am a builder by profession and had the idea soon after i retired.
Shortage of funds has delayed the process to establish a cocoa factory in Makira-Ulawa Province. Director of Economic Division within the Ministry of Planning and Aid Coordination Andrew Pracas confirmed, an M-O-U for the factory was already set, pending consultation with stake holders.
Residents of three villages in Shortland Island are worried, their copra production will drop as the deadly Rhinoceros beetle has found its way to their plantations. The three villages are Raumae, Harapa and Karisi village.
Around 40 cocoa farmers from around the country attended a cocoa grafting demonstration and training at Alligator Creek cocoa farm today. The program is part of the on-going ‘SolChoc’ festival and was organised by the Pacific Horticultural and Agricultural Market Access (PHAMA) to equip farmers…
Constituents from Bina Harbor, West Kwaio, Malaita Province will soon benefit from a national government project on pineapple production. Reports say the project will allow people from Bina Harbour area or West Kwaio to access market for their produce.
Wendy Melenamu The Kolombangara Forestry Products Limited prides itself on providing equal employment for both men and women. Meet some of the women working there now. Wendy Melenamu is KFPL’s Research officer.
A disease could be the downfall of the destructive coconut rhinoceros beetle — or at least that’s the hope of those working to combat the pest in the country.
A weeklong pest and disease survey program carried out by the South Pacific Community and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock concluded that there is no major threat of pests to agricultural crops in Malaita Province.
The ‘Solomons Gold’ chocolate has received a Silver Award at the prestigious Academy of Chocolate Awards 2017 in London. The award is for Solomon Gold’s Smooth Dark 70 percent Solomon Islands Single Origin chocolate in the Bean to Bar category.
It has invaded Honiara and much of Guadalcanal – and now it has reached Savo Island. During a tour of the volcanic island last week, the SIBC team spotted the damage caused by the Rhinnoceros Beetle, which has ravaged the trees of Guadalcanal, on at least two coconut trees on Savo.
The Livelihood Committee deployed to Makira Ulawa Province to conduct a detailed assessment of the impacts of the 7.8 earthquakes last month will return to Honiara on February 4th – after the assessment’s completion. This was confirmed by Chairman of the Livelihood Committee Michael Ho’ota.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock handed over farming tools and seeds to the National Disaster Management Office towards the recovery efforts on the Makira Earthquake disaster.
A new agriculture project “Strengthening the capacity of farmers and vendors to supply nutritious food crops,” is ready to be implemented, thanks to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (UNFAO).
A variety of tomato fruits has been tested for their feel, colour, flavour and size at the Taiwan Technical Mission (TTM) farm at the King George Sixth School area in Honiara.
The three days consultation workshop on the development of Solomon Islands National Drought Policy begins today. The workshop aims to establish an effective National Policy.
Cocoa farmers in and around North Malaita have expressed disappointment over the unattractive buying price for wet cocoa beans in the region. The farmers alleged current buyers pay $3.00 per kilogram for wet beans.
The Australian New Colombo Plan Scholar Wendy Xiao has completed a sustainable farming internship at Kastom Garden Association. Wendy is a Bachelor of Science student from the University of Sydney and recently completed four months study on tropical agriculture at the Solomon Islands National…
