Eighteen students including two professors from Lyce’e agricole Michel Rocard at Poumbout in the northern town of New Caledonia visited the Tagabe Agriculture Farm in Port Vila.
Their tour to Vanuatu was part of their agriculture studies.
The main purpose of the students visit was to obtain general information on agriculture in Vanuatu and explore the Vanuatu traditions and cultural ways of living.
The students also met with local farmers to exchange ideas, dialogue and see how organic farming is done in Vanuatu, which is new to them compared to farming in New Caledonia.
There were visits to the main local Port Vila market, livestock farmers and processing companies like Alternative Communities Trade in Vanuatu, ACTIV.
Professor Jean Paul Darbois, Economic Management and Agriculture Development teacher said the study tour is also part of the ongoing dialogue between the Government of Vanuatu and Government of New Caledonia in relation to export of products between the two countries.
The two professors accompanying the students confirmed that they have explored a lot of news things in agriculture like new adaptation farming systems and farming techniques in Vanuatu with new varieties of crops that are resilient to disasters and organic farming.
They believe that students have learned a lot during their study tour to Vanuatu.
Photo supplied Caption: DARD officer explaining different varieties of cassava to students.