Prawn farming

Vanuatu government opts for prawn farming

The agriculture minister Matai Seremaiah said a tractor equipped with a digger is being shipped to the island to help farmers dig ponds.

Speaking in Naone village on Maewo, the minister said the government was determined to focus on specific projects which suit the natural environment.

He assured the villagers that aquaculture technicians are on standby to help start farms according to a report by RNZ.

Mr Seremaiah said former governments tried to spread economic development to almost all 83 inhabited islands and failed.