Officials from the Land Resource, Planning and Development Division of the Ministry of Agriculture visited dalo and yaqona farmers in the province of Bua this week to monitor agriculture developments.
This follows a training that was provided to dalo and yaqona farmers of Wainunu and Nadi Tikina in Bua last year on Sustainable Land Management practices.
The training also stressed on the importance of pursuing farming as a business and a rewarding form of employment for farmers to enhance food and income security and alleviate poverty.
Deputy Secretary for Agriculture Development, Uraia Waibuta said the Province of Bua has a lot of potential for development due to its soil fertility.
The Ministry’s focus at this point in time is to move into infrastructure developments to allow farmers to move out of the existing areas into some of the new areas that they have identified for agriculture developments.