The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) highlighted the success of a farmer from Tanna who began planting rice three years ago.
Today, Nari Letaka of Lenaken Village in Middle Bush is providing rice as food for his family and selling rice locally.
Letaka said he has been growing the local rice he found in his garden, while weeding.
He said he believes that the seed of the rice plant comes from the seeds planted in 1970s rice programme.
