Fiji: The way forward for papaya industry

July 9, 2009 - The Fiji Daily Post

THE Ministry of Agriculture is calling on the sugar cane farmers to diversify into other exportable crops as Fiji is currently facing an economic catastrophe with the demise of its sugar industry. Deputy Secretary for Agriculture Development Apisai Ucuboi at a workshop on papaya market research findings at Natures Way Cooperative in Nadi said farmers should not rely on the income from their sugarcane farms but also diversify into potential crops such as pawpaw in order to ... read more...