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Local Malaita business Goshen Enterprise is partnering with Australia to help taro farmers increase production to meet the growing demand for products in Honiara. Australia’s support, in collaboration with Solomon Islands Government ministries, will help Goshen scale up operations creating more local jobs, supporting more farmers, and contributing to the…
Pacific island workers in Australia under a working visa scheme will have to wait nine months longer for changes that would boost their wages. Workers from 10 countries can come to Australia and be employed across a range of sectors including agriculture and meat processing to fill labour gaps under…
Pacific island workers in Australia under a working visa scheme will have to wait nine months longer for changes that would boost their wages. Workers from 10 countries can come to Australia and be employed across a range of sectors including agriculture and meat processing to fill labour gaps under…
by Lesley Sanga in Malaita While people moved from rural areas into Honiara in large numbers in search of jobs and easy life, Joel Laedola took the opposite direction. Joel left his formal job in Honiara and traveled back to his home village of Kakara in West Kwara’ae, Malaita Province…
In the serene village of Uhu, in West Are’are, Malaita Province, Anna Koreia has unlocked a transformative path through beekeeping. Since she began in 2016, Anna’s journey has been a testament to determination, resilience, and hope. Despite a myriad of challenges, she has worked tirelessly to support her family and…
Local business LF & Sons Enterprises has announced it is expanding cocoa supplies and improving market access to support livelihoods in remote areas of Malaita. For the first time, Malaita’s largest cocoa buyer will partner with Australia to increase export volumes and strengthen its supply chain across the remote Northeast…
by Stephen Howes* Data just released from the Australian Department of Employment and Workplace Relations shows a sharp decline in Pacific workers engaged in short-term (seasonal) agricultural work, with the total falling from 18,905 in July 2023 to 14,355 a year later in July 2024, a decline of 24% in a single…
Local cocoa and copra farmers in Ward 16, East Kwara’ae Constituency, Malaita Province, received essential materials this week from their Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA), Honorable Preston Billy Farobo. The assistance, which included empty drums and nets, aims to support farmers in building sheds for drying cocoa and copra, which…
Coconut and cocoa have the potential to become Solomon Islands’ major economic driver, the country’s Agriculture and Livestock minister says. Franklyn Derek Wasi says currently the country exports 4,000 tons of dried cocoa beans that generate new foreign earnings of SBD$247 million per annum, at current world market price. “But…
by Ednal Palmer Newly appointed Governor General Rev. David Tiva Kapu today stressed the need for people to till the soil and earn a living. Delivering the speech from the throne to open the second sitting of the 12th Parliament, Kapu said people should not rely on Members of Parliament to…
