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RICE FARMING COMMUNITIES CHALLENGED TO INCREASE PRODUCTION AND DIVERSIFY
08/04/2021
Three rice farming communities comprising almost 140 farmers in total in the Northern Division were challenged to increase their production after receiving rice harvesters from the Ministry of Agriculture on Wednesday (7.4.21).
Lagalaga Farmers’ Cooperative, Maleqeo Number 15 Farmers’ Cooperative, and Laqere-Tabia Farmers’ Cooperative were newly registered Cooperatives and identified by the Ministry as commercial rice farmers, hence the encouragement from Minister for Agriculture, Waterways and Environment, Hon. Dr Mahendra Reddy during the handover ceremony in Labasa.
“There is a lot of vacant land I see lying idle, we need to utilise that land and plant rice so we can reduce the high import bill of $40m that we spend on rice, as explained by the Honorable Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama last week in Bavu Village, Nadroga,” the Minister explained.