More than 70 farmers and 5 farming clusters recently received small nursery packages from the Ministry of Agriculture as part of efforts to boost agricultural production nationwide.

While handing over the packages to these successful recipients who had applied online for the Small Nursery Programme, Minister for Agriculture, Waterways and Environment Hon. Dr Mahendra Reddy said the packages should allow the farmers to increase their production.

“We’re pleased to be handing out these packages and hope that this will boost your morale, motivate you and also support you to expand your production,” he said.

“You have been chosen from a very competitive process, there were over 3,000 applications for 600 individual packs and there are 120 cluster groups who are receiving this throughout Fiji, I want to congratulate you for applying online and for being selected to receive this small nursery package.”

“I do hope that you will not take this and fence your garden, it is not for that purpose, the shylon cloth is to establish a small nursery, either for your pot plant or you want to grow lettuce or cabbage or you want to grow some seedlings and we will also be giving out seed packs which are free of charge so I hope that this will incentivize and motivate you and also accelerate your agricultural activity and expand your agricultural output,” Hon. Reddy added.

Under the Small Nursery programme, 600 individuals are being earmarked to be assisted, alongside 120 farming clusters.

The individual recipients will receive 25 meters of shylon cloth, 1 digging fork, 1 knife, 1 jerry can, and 1 sowing tray, while the farming cluster will receive 10 jerry cans, 10 sowing trays, 10 knives, 10 digging forks, and 50 meters of shylon cloth to help construct a small nursery.

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