Tonga – Filipe Filihia is a Tongan farmer. He was involved in both the breadfruit and papaya farmer-to-farmer technical exchanges that were conducted through the MTCP2 Programme. These exchanges opened his mind to the full possibilities of farming, improved his farming knowledge, and changed his farming practices. He first learned how to grow papaya for […]
Vanuatu – The Society of Mary (Marists) established the Tutu Rural Training Centre (Tutu) on the island of Taveuni (Fiji) in 1969. In 1983 they started running a Young Farmer Training Course “to help form and train young single men from the province of Cakaudrove”. Running now for 35 years and training more than 200 […]
Nuwaraeliya, Sri Lanka – In the village of Rahathungoda in Nuwaraeliya District, Sri Lanka during the harvest season, many farmers are ensnared by intermediary sellers that purchase their vegetables on despoiling low rates. Because of this, farmers fall into a helpless and desolated situation. Sometimes, they could not even earn back the money they invested […]