Update: 12:19PM THE Ministry of Agriculture has a mission of modernising the agriculture sector.

Agriculture Minister Inia Seruiratu said this was to lift the level of efficiency through improved and increased agricultural productivity.

“The modernisation plan basically involves the introduction of the technologies that will make agriculture attractive and less labour intensive with maximum return,” Mr Seruiratu said.

He said one example was rural women diversifying into high value product such as virgin coconut oil (VCO) using machine to produce this product.