Agriculture Minister Dr Mahendra Reddy speaking in Parliament. Picture: PARLIAMENT OF FIJI
The Ministry of Agriculture is looking at paying 3000 farmers $200 through the “Cash for Cultivation” program.
Agriculture Minister Dr Mahendra Reddy told Parliament there was a massive response to the program from throughout Fiji.
He said in the Central Division 825 farmers would be benefiting from the scheme, 925 in the Western Division, 970 in the North and 280 farmers in the Eastern Division.
“We are very thankful to the government of Australia who has provided us around $800,000 where we signed the agreement again through ADRA,” he said.
“We are looking at making the first tranche payment to the farmers in two to three weeks’ time.
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Vehicles make their way across the flooded Koronubu road in Ba. Picture: BALJEET SINGH
EMERGENCY desilting works will soon be carried out in flood-prone communities in the Western Division to tackle the issue of flooding.
This will be made possible through a public private partnership agreement signed between the Environment Ministry and a few private companies in Nadi this week.
Environment Minister Dr Mahendra Reddy said these companies would immediately undertake desilting works to mitigate flooding in the Western Division which would greatly benefit communities living along rivers, creeks and other waterways.
Under the partnership, 90.5 kilometres of rivers and creeks, including nine creeks. would be desilted in the Western Division.