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A senior Solomon Islands delegation has successfully concluded a week-long agricultural study tour to New Zealand, aimed at strengthening institutional capacity, deepening policy expertise, and exploring new export opportunities in fresh produce and value-added food markets. The delegation was led by Solomon Islands Minister for Agriculture and Livestock, Franklyn Derek…
The Alisuri Sustainable Livelihood Association in Marokafo village, an inland community in the northern region of Malaita Province, is helping women in the community save money to support their families. The association in Marokafo village is one of the forty-five (45) Agribusiness Producer Organizations (ABPOs) in Malaita Province supported by…
The Solomon Islands Agriculture Rural Transformation (SIART) Project has recruited seven new Young Professionals (YPs) to work as junior agriculture extension officers in Malaita and Guadalcanal Province. With the Young Professionals program, SIART aims to build a sustainable agricultural sector by providing practical, on-the-ground experience to new agriculture graduates to…
New data shows Solomon Islanders participating in the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme are sending home record remittances. Between July 2024 and June 2025, Solomon Islands’ PALM workers remitted an estimated SBD 507 million. The data is from a recent report by the Pacific Labour Mobility Support Program (PLMSP)…
Members of the Vaimatesa Savings and Producer Group in Nukukaisi, West Bauro, Makira/Ulawa Province are reaping the reward of investing in their cocoa farms. With funding support from the Solomon Islands Agriculture and Rural Transformation (SIART) Project, a partnership between the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) and the World…
Farmers in East Makira Constituency have received a boost to their agricultural activities. This was following the handover of farming equipment and tools from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), facilitated through the support of east Makira MP Franklyn Derek Wasi. A statement from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock…
Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele highlighted the need to strengthen cooperation with the Chinese company via the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, stressing that oil palm is a vital export that can create jobs and spur economic growth for Solomon Islanders. He made the comment when he met with a delegation…
As the Pacific braces for another cyclone season, experts are calling for faster adoption of sustainable, storm-resistant building materials, with bamboo emerging as a serious contender. The appeal comes ahead of the Pacific Islands GIS and Remote Sensing  User Conference, to be held from 24–27 November at the Japan–Pacific ICT Centre,…
Australia has thrown its support behind LF & Sons Enterprises, a local business owned by former North Malaita MP Levi Filualea, with the launch of a new Rural Trade Storage facility in Gwanasu’u Village, Malaita on 30 September — a major boost for the province’s growing cocoa sector. Filualea, who…
Animal health is vital to food security, rural livelihoods, and public health across the Pacific. Recognising this, the Australian Government, through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), is partnering with the Solomon Islands Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) to strengthen animal health and biosecurity systems. Experts from…
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