December 2, 2021
Farmers in the rural and remote
areas are set to benefit from assistance donated by the Taiwan Trade Mission in
Fiji.
This follows the handing
over of F$125,000 worth of assistance to the Ministry of Agriculture on Tuesday
(30.11.21) by the Taiwan Trade Mission to support the development of
farmers in rural and remote areas.
The Ministry's Head of Finance,
Mr. Ajay Singh received the cheque from the Representative of the Taiwan Trade
Office in Fiji, Mr. Joseph Chow at the Ministry's headquarters in
Raiwaqa.
Mr Singh said the assistance
would be used to purchase tractors and farm implements which would assist
farmers and cluster groups to increase their farm outputs and contribute to the
overall growth of the agriculture sector.
“This donation is very timely
and will provide much relief to the farmers during the time of the pandemic.
One of our strategic priorities is to build a sustainable and resilient
agriculture sector and this assistance will help us achieve our vision through
modernization and mechanization of the agriculture sector,” said Mr
Singh.
He acknowledged the people of
Taiwan for the continuous support in terms of providing the Ministry of
Agriculture with the much-needed equipment and technical support to further
boost the Ministry's current efforts in modernizing the sector.
“Taiwan's cooperation is very
much part of our supply chain systems, the machinery handed over to us
contributes significantly towards increasing our production levels, and we
appreciate this collaboration and hope that we will continue to work together
in the future,” said Mr Singh.
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