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Young People Trained in Organic Farming

Posted on 02. Sep, 2010 by tonyj.

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After the training the youths go back to their home villages and are now helping the woman’s group in each of their community to set up their own gardens practicing the skills in organic farming that they have learned during the training

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House for heathen farmers completed at Guanafiu farmer school

Posted on 25. Aug, 2010 by tonyj.

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Lionel Maeliu has completed a special house for heathen farmers from East Kwaio to attend training in organic farming at Guanafiu Farmer school.

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‘Disaster gardens’ introduced into Namoku village by KGA trainers

Posted on 25. Aug, 2010 by tonyj.

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Jerry Anderson from KGA partner Turusuala Community Based Training Centre has been working with farmers in Namoku village to help them to be prepared for emergencies or disasters when they may be short of food.

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Kastom Gaden holds quarterly planning meeting

Posted on 24. Aug, 2010 by tonyj.

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Kastom Gaden and its ten rural based partners are holding a meeting in Honiara. The meeting is part of 1/4ly planning. Specifically this meeting aims to present findings of a recent review of KGAs ten rural partners. More posts will come soon on these matters.

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Sasamuqa Hospital re-establishes hospital garden for patients

Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by tonyj.

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Kastom Gaden is working again with Sasamuqa Hospital as one of its key rural partners.

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Agriculture at a cross roads: better farms = better income

Posted on 24. Mar, 2010 by tonyj.

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Reproduced below is an article from Island Business magazine on the value chain work of Kastom Gaden. The workshop was part of an ongoing partnership between KGA and FAO to improve the skills of PMN member farmers in business and understanding the market. Better farms, better income Ivor Hanson The dozen or so men and […]

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Seeds available now for farmers….

Posted on 22. Mar, 2010 by tonyj.

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The following seeds are now available for PMN members from the seed bank. Please send in your requests to Ms Rita Amiki who is in charge of seed production and the seed bank. PMN 1 Ground cover-long Bean Brown seed PMN 2 Ground cover- long Bean Black seed PMN 3 Sweet Basil PMN 11 Snake Bean PMN […]

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