Picture: Participants working in groups during the training.

The Ministry of Agriculture’s presence in rural farming locations must be utilized by the farming communities as technical knowledge shared by locality officers is critical for the development of agricultural-based undertakings. 

It is equally important for farmers and locality officers to maintain working relationships and for farmers to take heed of technical information shared during scheduled farms visits and meetings.

This was shared by the Senior Agriculture Officer (Naitasiri) Apenisa Rarasea when speaking to Mataqali Natusasa of Vunidawa Village, Serea during the recent Farming as a Business training to farmers of the Mataqali at Nawaqabena in Naitasiri.

Mataqali Natusasa has also recently launched the ‘Natusasa Concept’, a development based plan targeted at improving the livelihoods of their members. 

“Farming has always been a way of life for most of us here and the potential is great in the area for more development to be brought here,” he said.

“You are all experienced farmers and there are techniques that you have been following that allows you to excel in your production and this training is being brought here to boost your potential and elevate your living and farming standards to another level.”

He also urged farmers to make use of the agriculture station near them for assistance and technical advice.

“There is assistance provided, and you should feel free to access the assistance with your locality officers for your farms and the concept that the Mataqali has initiated,” he said.

“It is empowering to take note of the initiative the Mataqali is taking towards the betterment and building of a secured farming plan, this different direction will create an impact if you take heed of the farming as business training you have been a part of.”

Mataqali Natusasa development committee member Elenoa Nimacere said the Natusasa Development concept is a generational prosperity concept; “Through this concept, we will be able to have a better standard of living, better houses, clean drinking water and electricity,” she said.

“It will put food on the table, improve health conditions and provide better education for our future generations and enhance our contribution to social obligations.”

The Natusasa concept is designed for its members, who have each been allocated 5-acre lots per farmer from the Mataqali land, with a target to undertake farming to gradually improve their standard of living.

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