Update: 5:45PM THE quality and consistent supply of pineapples is one of the issues exporters of the fruit face in the effort to improve overseas sales.
This was the reason behind a recent training exercise for pineapple farmers conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture.
According to a Ministry of Agriculture statement, the
farmers were trained on effective skills to improve husbandry practices of
pineapple farming last week.
“The 4-day training
was organised by the Ministry of Agriculture in partnership with the Kokosiga
Pacific, a Fiji-based agribusiness firm,” the statement said.
“Farmers were trained on crop nutrition and fertilization,
off-season pineapple production, control of soil erosion, crop rotation,
harvesting of pineapple and post-harvest handling.”
The ministry’s chief economist Vatimi Rayalu who spoke at
the closing ceremony of the training said the programme should have a positive
impact on pineapple farming business.
“Local products have the best and unique characteristics in
the world market in terms of sweetness and taste and we should be sending
quality products in good quantity with a consistent supply to the export
markets.”
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This is one of the challenges the Ministry of Agriculture is
trying to work through and a reason behind why it offered four day training for
pineapple farmers in the Vulagi Settlement in Lawaki, Tailevu.
According to a Ministry of Agriculture statement, the
farmers were trained on effective skills to improve husbandry practices of
pineapple farming last week.
“The 4-day training
was organised by the Ministry of Agriculture in partnership with the Kokosiga
Pacific, a Fiji-based agribusiness firm,” the statement said.
“Farmers were trained on crop nutrition and fertilization,
off-season pineapple production, control of soil erosion, crop rotation,
harvesting of pineapple and post-harvest handling.”
The ministry’s chief economist Vatimi Rayalu who spoke at
the closing ceremony of the training said the programme should have a positive
impact on pineapple farming business.
“Local products have the best and unique characteristics in
the world market in terms of sweetness and taste and we should be sending
quality products in good quantity with a consistent supply to the export
markets.”
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