Vanuatu Department of Agriculture & Rural Development

SHEFA DAY 2026 LONG INDEPENDENCE PARK

Vanuatu Department of Agriculture & Rural Development Booth long tede morning.

I kat:

✅️ Vegetable seedlings 🌱 @ 500 VT long wan tray
✅️ Planting material (manioc free mo kumala 10 VT long 1 rop)
✅️ Vegetable seeds
✅️ Information materials
✅️ Kumala tubers @ 50 VT long 1 kg

UPDATE | ROOT CROP PACKAGE TRAINING LONG NOT MAEWO

Ova long 70 rut krop fama blong Central Pentecost 1 mo Central Pentecost 2, Not Pentecost, Saot Pentecost, Not, Saot mo Est Maewo, i kam tugeta long Naone Not Maewo, long tede Thursday 25 mo Friday 26 June 2026, long wan package trening.

Vanuatu Department of Agriculture & Rural Development I ranem trening ia wetem sapot blong Vanuatu Community-based Climate Resilience Project - VCCRP .

Wan tim blong Department blong Agriculture mo Rural Development i stap long Maewo long wik ia blong ranem trening.

Trening ia hemi aim blong equipem olgeta fama wetem ol impoten infomesen long saed blong:

✅️ Agromet - Weta mo klaemet we rutt krop olsem taro, manioc, kumala mo yam i save gro gud long hem
✅️ El Nino key mesej
✅️ Soil/ graon mo sustainable farming practices
✅️ Bebet mo s*k we I save spolem ol rut krop
✅️ Agribusiness
✅️ Commercial Agriculture

Hemi fes taem we wan kaen trening olsem i tekem ples long Penama provins. .

SHEFA DAY 2026

Friday 26 June 2026

Theme: Yumi Empowerem Olgeta Komuniti blong Yumi, Yumi Promotem Innovative Tinktink mo Yumi Sustainem Growth long Olgeta Komuniti blong Yumi long Shefa Provins!

Vanuatu Department of Agriculture & Rural Development (DARD) bae hemi joenen pipol blong Shefa provins, blong selebretem Shefa day tomorrow, long Independence Park.

SHEFA Provincial Government Council bae hemi comemoratem 32 anniversary blong hem long yia ia.

Bae i kat wan booth blong DARD we olgeta memba blong pablik, i save kam blong karem olgeta infomesen long hem.

Agriculture Development Officer long East Efate, Rex Tombu, mo Komuniti blong Forari Commercial farm, oli mekem fes havest blong olgeta kumala long tede Tosde 25 June 2026, blong salem long tumoro.

✅️ Bae kat kumala on Sale @ 50 VT/ Kg
✅️ Bae kat olgeta Seedling🌱 🌱 🌱 on sale
✅️ Planting material (rop blong kumala)
✅️ Vegtebol seeds
✅️ Information materials

Kam plante blong askem kwesten long olgeta ofisa we bae oli stap long booth.

HAPPY SHEFA DAY!

Update | COCOA ACTIVITI LONG MAEWO

Vanuatu Department of Agriculture & Rural Development (DARD)i ko hed blong wok wetem olgeta fama we oli intres blong planem cocoa.

Long Monday 22 mo Tuesday 23 June 2026, wik ia, wan tim blong olgeta Specialists mo Technical Officers blong DARD, i stap long Not Maewo blong ranem wan package training blong cocoa.

Trening ia i tekem tugeta olgeta Cocoa fama long Maewo mo Central Pentecost. I kat 50 fama i bin attendem. Long end blong trening ia, i kat wan fil visit I ko long fam blong wan lid cocoa fama, Berry Karabani.

Cocoa Specialist, Geraldine Neirove, i bin stap wok finis wetem olgeta cocoa fama long Penama provins, blong inrkisim cocoa prodaksen long provins ia.

Long fes 3 manis long yia ia (Quarter 1), i kat distribusen blong 20,000 polybag mo long quarter 2 ia, I kat distribusen blong 22,000 polybag i ko long olgeta fama long Maewo.

I kat 200 pods too we i kasem olgeta fama blong stat planem sid i ko long polybag.

Wetem sapot blong Vanuatu Community-based Climate Resilience Project - VCCRP olgeta fama i save aksesem olgeta pod long key cocoa fama long Not Maewo, Berry Karabani, blong planem.

Olgeta Agriculture Development Officer long Penama provins oli save karem ol cocoa pod long fama Karabani mo givim i ko long olgeta fama blong sowem ol sid long polybag bifo oli planem i ko long fil taem cocoa sidling i gro strong.



Olgeta foto ia i soem fil trip I ko long cocoa plot blong Berry Karabani, Not Maewo.

TOKSAVE LONG SAED BLONG WOK

Dipatmen blong Agrikalja mo Rurol Divelopmen i wantem rikrutum wan man we hem i g*t eksperiens mo kwalifikesen blong tekemap posisen ia:

Taetol blong Wok: Sinia Data mo Monitaring Ofisa
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VACANCY NOTICE

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development wishes to recruit an experienced qualified person to the following position:

Job Title: Senior Data and monitoring officer
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POSTE À POURVOIR

Le service de l’Agriculture et du Développement rural recherche une personne compétente pour occuper le poste ci-dessous :

Titre de poste : Agent supérieur de suivi et de saisie des données

TOKSAVE LONG SAED BLONG WOK

Dipatmen blong Agrikalja mo Rurol Divelopmen i wantem rikrutum wan man we hem i g*t eksperiens mo kwalifikesen blong tekemap posisen ia:

Taetol blong Wok: Pemit Ofisa 2
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VACANCY NOTICE

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development wishes to recruit an experienced qualified person to the following position:

Job Title: Permit Officer 2
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POSTE À POURVOIR

Le service de l’Agriculture et du Développement rural recherche une personne compétente pour occuper le poste ci-dessous :

Titre de poste : Agent de permis 2

@topfans

TOK SAVE LONG SAED BLONG WOK

Dipatmen blong Agrikalja mo Rurol Divelopmen i wantem rikrutum wan man we hem i g*t eksperiens mo kwalifikesen blong tekemap posisen ia:

Taetol blong Wok: Data Klak
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VACANCY NOTICE

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development wishes to recruit an experienced qualified person to the following position:

Job Title: Data Clerk
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POSTE À POURVOIR

Le service de l’Agriculture et du développement rural recherche une personne
compétente pour occuper le poste ci-dessous :

Titre de poste: Commis à la saisie des données

@topfans

Update | COCOA PACKAGE TRAINING LONG NOT MAEWO, WETEM SAPOT BLONG Vanuatu Community-based Climate Resilience Project - VCCRP

Wan tu (2) dei trening blong cocoa i tekem ples long Monday 22 June mo Tuesday 23 June 2026, long Naone, Not Maewo.

Trening ia i tekem tugeta 50 Cocoa fama stat long Not, Saot, Est mo Central Maewo. Hemi wan fes kaen trening olsem we i hapen long Not Maewo.

Wan tim blong Department blong Agriculture mo Rural Development i stap naoia long aelan blong .Maewo. insaed long tim ia I kat Cocoa Specialist, Geraldine Neirove, Acting Manager Operations- North. Pakoa Leo, Soil Specialist, Agribusiness Ofisa, Rudy B**g mo Plant Protection Specialist, Richard Narinam.

Package trening ia i fokas long:

✅️ Soil or wanem kaen graon cocoa i gro gud long hem, ol difren kaen soil long Maewo mo plante impoten infomesen blong soil/graon
✅️ Agromet- hemi impoten blong fama i save wanem hemi weta mo wanem hemi klaemet mo impak blong klaemet jens, key mesej blong El Nino, mo wanem olgeta fama i sud mekem blong adapt wetem ol jalens we i stap.
✅️ Ol bebet mo s*k we i save spolem ol cocoa
✅️ VCCRP projek ofisa i tokbaot olgeta activiti we hemi stap mekem.

Tank yu long VCCRP we i save wok wetem Vanuatu Department of Agriculture & Rural Development blong ranem cocoa package trening long Not Maewo.

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) is stepping up efforts to prepare farmers in PENAMA Province for the expected El Niño conditions by conducting a series of training workshops aimed at protecting crops and improving kava production.

Read more: https://www.dailypost.vu/news/kava-farmers-in-maewo-learn-disease-prevention-and-climate-resilient-farming/article_a08ece93-1f04-58c3-a2fd-df3049e3c37c.html