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Students End Field Attachment Program

Posted on 10. Jun, 2010 by .

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Nine students had recently completed a 3 months field attachment program at KGA Burns Creek – Honiara and two other partner sites.

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KGA’s Rural Based Partners & Farmers Ends Training

Posted on 07. Jun, 2010 by .

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Representatives of KGA’s 10 rural based partners and farmers had ended a two weeks training program on Friday 4th June 2010. The Master Trainers training program was on Pest & Disease Recognition and the Principles of Organic Farming, were conducted respectively by Dr Grahame Jackson of  Terracircle Inc. for the first week and by Dr. Shane Tutua of Zai Na Tina […]

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KGA’s Cofounder – Joini Tutua Dies

Posted on 07. Jun, 2010 by .

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‘Father of organic farming’ passed away THE man who was regarded as the ‘father of organic farming’ in the country has died peacefully at his home at Burns Creek, east Honaira on Monday 17th May 2010 at around 1.15 am. Joini Tutua, 73, died early Monday morning after battling many months of cancer. Mr Tutua previously a […]

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KGA and MAL Signed MOU

Posted on 22. Apr, 2010 by .

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KGA and the Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock had signed a Memorundum Of Understanding that will pave the way for a much closer working relationship for the two organisations. Under the MOU which was signed between the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Mr Edward Kingmele and KGA’s Program Coordinator Mr Jack […]

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KGA & Partners Ends Quarterly Planning Meeting

Posted on 08. Apr, 2010 by .

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KGA and representatives from its 10 rural based partners had recently ended their quarterly planning meeting on Friday 26th March 2010. The meeting coincides with a two day Monitoring & Evaluation training, starts on Monday 22 March and ends on Friday 26th March 2010. In his introductory remark, Program Coordinator Mr Jack Kalisto, reiterated the importance of participatory planning and […]

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ALP and KGA signed a new Partnership Agreement

Posted on 30. Mar, 2010 by .

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The AusAID Agricultural Livelihood Program (ALP) and Kastom Gaden Association (KGA) had signed a new Partnership Agreement on Monday 29th March 2010 in Honiara. Under the agreement, ALP will provide SBD $1.4 million to support KGA’s “Strengthening  Food Security and Rural Livelihood” program for the period from February to May 2010. This is an extension of the previous […]

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Agriculture at a cross roads: better farms = better income

Posted on 24. Mar, 2010 by .

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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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