THE burden of transporting produce from farms on Gau Island has been made easier for farmers on the island.
This follows the recent transportation of 32 horses to Gau in the Lomaiviti group by the Ministry of Agriculture officials.
The horses will assist farmers transport their produce from their farms after harvesting.
The initiative, funded under the Agriculture Extension Services Program of the ministry, with the total funding of $32,000 is part of the Ministry of Agriculture’s Rural Millionaire Concept for Gau Island.
Principal Agriculture Officer (Eastern) Epeli Dugucagi said the assistance would contribute significantly to the development of Gau farmers.
“This assistance will help with the way forward for Gau farmers and part of the ministry’s role is the development of farmers in rural and outer islands, thus the provision of this assistance.
“Some major commodities such as yaqona are produced by farmers from Gau and there are often problems they encounter as farmers in maritime islands, one of which is the transportation of farming produce,” he said.
