Agriculture Director Cautions Taro Farmers
“If we can’t meet the demand for taro, people will be forced to eat non traditional staples like rice and bread.” This was the warning from Director of Agriculture, Filifaatali ...Read more
“If we can’t meet the demand for taro, people will be forced to eat non traditional staples like rice and bread.” This was the warning from Director of Agriculture, Filifaatali ...Read more
Local farmers who attended a meeting with the Department of Agriculture on Friday said they cannot meet the demand for story in the territory. One of the biggest taro farmers on the island ...Read more
Samoa is seeking other export markets for taro farmers who had been supplying American Samoa until the local Department of Agriculture banned their taro last month. Samoa’s Minister of ...Read more
The ban on taro from Samoa remains. Director of Agriculture Filifa’atali Mike Fuiava told a House hearing yesterday the Samoa Ministry of Agriculture has still not received test results from ...Read more
Director of Agriculture Filifaatali Mike Fuiava believes there’s sufficient supplies of taro in American Samoa so that the ban on taro imports from Samoa will not create a problem. At a ...Read more