environment

WHILE organic farming is a niche area in Fiji, a non-government organisation (NGO) has developed the country’s first comprehensive guides on naturally managing crop tests. The two guides were compiled by the Foundation for Rural Integrated Enterprise and Development (FRIEND) in a bid to reduce the use of
harmful chemicals in farming.

June 2, 2017

Guidelines to help organic farmers manage crop tests

WHILE organic farming is a niche area in Fiji, a non-government organisation (NGO) has developed the country’s first comprehensive guides on naturally managing crop tests. The […]
June 1, 2017

Try healthier farming methods

ORGANIC agriculture as a mode of farming could sustain and enhance the health of the world’s ecosystems and the organisms which live in it. Farmers, agriculturalists, […]
June 1, 2017

Harmful chemicals in soil

WE need to go back to the beginning and reexamine the way we farm food and manage the soils we grow them from. There is evidence […]
April 24, 2017

Controlling river bank erosion

IN a bid to curb erosion of river banks, representatives from the Foundation for Rural Integrated Enterprises and Development planted trees along the Vitogo river bank […]