Seedling Distribution

The Agriculture Department is also mandated to distribute seedlings to all the farmers around Vanuatu. Interested farmers can at any time contact the department should to wish to order seedlings directly from the department.

The team of Agriculture Department staffs travel throughout Vanuatu and distribute nangai seedlings, mandarin, and vegetable seedlings. A lot of these seedlings are planted by the Agriculture specialists. Seedlings are also planted and raised by provincial offices. It is one of the Agriculture priority to ensure that supplied seedlings are resilient to the current adverse climate chages.

The Santo 2018 Agriculture show has been a success. All agricultural products were showcased during the event making the show very successful and attracts a lot of people from the four Northern provinces.

Sustainable agricultural crop production is very important for people's livelihood in terms of food security which means that people need to have food supplies available and stable to guarantee healthy living.

Regular farmer training is very important to equip farmers with useful skills and knowledge specifically in agriculture to help them better cultivate their farm land taking into account the importance of crop resilience due to frequent natural disasters.

Vanuatu has very important cash crops including kava, cocoa, coconut and coffee. These cash crops contribute greatly to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth. To date there is an increase in kava production and a drop in copra production.