‘Seven Crops’ Project Trains Lettuce Farmers
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In its continued efforts towards development of the agriculture sector, government is moving along to improve production of seven main fruits and vegetables.
The Department of Agriculture in collaboration with the Taiwan Technical Mission through the “Enhancing the Efficiency of the Production-Distribution Supply Chain in the Fruit and Vegetable Sector” project, also known as the Seven Crops Project, hosted a training session for a cohort of farmers on four new varieties of lettuce being introduced, to complement the three types already being grown locally.
Farmer in the field
During the training, farmers were also introduced to irrigation techniques as well as other fertilizers that can be used to increase crop protection.