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Seeds available now for farmers….
Posted on 22. Mar, 2010 by tonyj.
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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KGA develops baseline survey for PMN members
Posted on 17. Mar, 2010 by tonyj.
PMN currently has about 1846 members across the Solomons islands. All these members have chosen to pay a membership fee to be part of the network and Kastom gadens activities. While some of these members are well known to KGA, others are not. KGA decided to establish a baseline survey to learn more about its […]
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KGA business plan for PMN
Posted on 17. Mar, 2010 by tonyj.
Kastom Gaden has developed a draft business plan for income generation for the organisation. KGA is dependent on its aid donor partners for its funding but it is looking to the future and what options it may have for other sources of funds to sustain services. Most rural farmers cannot at present afford to pay […]
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PMN 2009 National Farmers Conference report released
Posted on 12. Mar, 2010 by tonyj.
From a report by Inia Barry, Thecla Vapusy & Esther Ririmae: The last PMN conference was held six years ago in 2003 and so it was exciting for members to attend a PMN conference in 2009. The seventy or so lead farmer participants for the 2009 event came from all over the Solomon’s. The farmer […]