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Panel To Examine Audit Of Agribusiness Development Corp - Honolulu Civil Beat
Panel To Examine Audit Of Agribusiness Development Corp
The appointed House committee members will also investigate the audit of the DLNR’s Special Land Development Fund. Reading time: 2 minutes.
Hawaii House Speaker Scott Saiki on Monday appointed members to serve on a House Investigative Committee to Investigate Compliance with Audit Nos. 19-12 and 21-01.
Rep. Della Au Belatti in February. Cory Lum/Civil Beat
The audits are, respectively, of the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Special Land Development Fund and the Agribusiness Development Corporation.
The Hawaii State Auditor in January reported that the ADC was failing to do its mission. An auditor’s 2019 report on the special fund criticized the DLNR for not being more accountable for decisions involving taxpayer money.
LISTEN: Full show, March 11th, 2021
We ve got a jam-packed call-in show for our listeners today, looking at the state of Hawaii s agricultural infrastructure. For the first half hour, farmers Melanie Bondera of Big Island and
Paul Reppun of Windward Oahu, along with
Sharon Hurd, the marketing program manager and development specialist with the Hawaii Department of Agriculture, join us to discuss the merits new micro-grant program for small-scale farmers. We switch gears halfway through the show to discuss a cornerstone of Hawaii s big ag economy: the Agribusiness Development Corporation.
House Rep. Amy Perusso comes on the line to tells why she s pushing for a bill to dissolve the ADC, and we ll hear insight from
Hawaii bill would eliminate agribusiness development group Drone shot of the state capitol (File). (Source: Hawaii News Now) By Associated Press | March 3, 2021 at 5:02 AM HST - Updated March 3 at 5:02 AM
HONOLULU (AP) â A bill in the Hawaii Legislature would disband the stateâs Agribusiness Development Corporation and transfer its resources to the state Department of Agriculture.
The stateâs House Finance Committee unanimously advanced the bill Thursday that would abolish the agency.
The state created the agency in 1994 to help convert former pineapple and sugar plantation land into economically viable farms that would produce a broad range of products. The agency owns and manages 23,000 acres (9,300 hectares) of land and irrigation systems, mostly on Kauai and Oahu. It also has a small property on Hawaii Island.