Vanuatu Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) has received some positive results from a potato planting programme that started four months ago.
trial on the southern-most island of Aneityum has yielded very good results and the first potatoes have been harvested at Port Patrick Agriculture station.
According to DARD, there are healthy potatoes growing at Malafau Area, West Efate and farmers are expecting a good harvest shortly.
Epau and Pangpang regions of North East Efate are also showing healthy farms and farmers there are anticipating a good harvest soon.
The potato planting programme started in Tanna earlier this year and it was extended to the other provinces.
Farmers were given potato, carrot and onion seeds and shown how to cultivate them.
Vanuatu is putting a lot of focus on organic farming and farmers are receiving assistance to earn income from farming.
Photo by: Bryon Vukeala (DARD Facebook) Caption: Healthy potato plant growing
Photo below by: Nambo Moses (DARD Facebook) Caption: harvest from Port Patrick Agriculture station.
