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Hawaiʻi legislators are one step closer to dissolving the state’s Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC). The 27-year-old entity was initially created to develop economically viable farms to fill the void created by the closure of plantations. But a recent state audit found the ADC has done little to fill that void.
Hawaiʻi lawmakers established the Agribusiness Development Corporation in 1994 to convert the state s agricultural infrastructure from plantation-style monocrop production to a more diversified agriculture industry.
Over the years, the ADC secured agreements for 2,000 acres of former plantation lands on Kauaʻi and Oʻahu with growers producing a variety of crops for local consumption. But a recent report by the state auditor found the ADC has done little to fill that void. It criticized the agency for a lack of oversight and in many cases non-existent recordkeeping.
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Embattled Agribusiness Corporation Has Powerful Friends - Honolulu Civil Beat
Lawmakers plan to vote next week on a measure to dissolve the Agribusiness Development Corp. Reading time: 4 minutes.
With the future of a state agency in charge of transforming Hawaii’s old plantation lands into working farms in the balance, battle lines formed Friday between Gov. David Ige’s administration and big agricultural organizations on one side and lawmakers who say the agency has failed in its mission and should be dissolved on the other.
The hearing before the Hawaii House Agriculture Committee produced no result, as the committee voted to defer until Friday a bill that would dissolve the corporation.
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Lawmakers Must Fix The Agribusiness Development Corporation - Honolulu Civil Beat
Lawmakers Must Fix The Agribusiness Development Corporation
Two new reports reveal that the government agency has failed miserably in its critical mission to diversify ag.
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