A 5,000kg shipment of some exceptionally large and healthy taro from smallholder farmers at Feletoa, Vava’u, has arrived in Nuku'alofa for export to New Zealand.
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Tuesday 20 April 2021
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Thursday 31 August 2017
Nadi, Fiji
Tongan scientist, Siosiua Halavatau, is encouraging farmers to be “soil smart” when cultivating crops; to not overplough the land and to avoid using fertilizers and thereby play their part in reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. By Finau Fonua
Wednesday 26 July 2017
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Toronto, Canada
Land that was once frozen in the Yukon Territory in Northern Canada is becoming agriculture friendly due to global warming and is being offered for free to small farmers. The Yukon borders on Alaska and its government has already given away nearly 8,000 acres of farmland over the last 10 years, with a dozen applicants currently being considered.
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Wednesday 15 June 2016
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Auckland, New Zealand
A new book in the Tongan language that preserves traditional knowledge about yam growing, titled "Tokanga ko e Mo’ui’anga", was launched by its author Sione Tu’itahi in Auckland, New Zealand.
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Saturday 27 February 1999
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Pousima Afeaki started exporting in 1995 with one container of assorted produce…and by 1997 it had jumped to 65 containers. He is one of a handful of hard working Tongan farmer-exporters who can see a positive future for agricultural exports from Tonga. By Pesi Fonua. Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 14, no. 1, January 1999.
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Sunday 20 December 1998
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A $6 million Agricultural Development Program for the two Niuas and ‘Eua is underway to help growers in outlying rural communities. From Matangi Tonga Magazine Vol. 13, no. 4, December 1998.
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Tonga weather forecast from yr.no, delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and the NRK. See also Fua'amotu Weather Forecasting Center, Tonga, for latest local weather bulletin.