| ID: | 74769 |
|---|---|
| Country: | Fiji |
| Title: | Fiji - Pacific Islands Rural and Agriculture Stimulus Facility (PIRAS) - July 2022 |
| Description: |
Feretariki Bureqele is a 20-year-old farmer who hails from the village of Nanuku, Yakete in Ba Province in Fiji's highlands. Feretariki sprays organic fertiliser on the young watermelon plants while his mother and father weed in the background. The organic fertiliser is a byproduct of the biogas generator his father purchased. Feretariki has lived in the rural area of Marinitawa, Moto, Ba for almost 8 years with his father, mother, and other siblings. He was studying engineering, but because of the COVID pandemic, he returned home to the farm in 2021 and joined his father in the fields. He is the fourth continuing generation of sugarcane farmer in his family. In addition to sugarcane, he plants turmeric, pineapples, and cassava on his farm. Feretariki says he is blessed to be part of the assistance provided by the PIRAS Recovery Project. Jope Qaqanayavusabotitu is a 45 year old farmer from Rara Nalotawa Ba, now living with his wife and son, Feretariki Bureqele, on the farm he established in 2016 at Marinitawa. He began farming pineapple in 2017 and now has one of the biggest farms in the area. Working with PIRAS and Rise Beyond the Reef project has helped him establish a nursery and an irrigated area for cash crop farming as well as purchase a biogas generator which produces enough organic fertiliser for his use by the community of farmers in the Marinitawa Cluster. The aim of PIRAS is to mitigate the effects of COVID and take steps toward livelihood recovery which includes the provision of planting materials and land preparation. |
| Size: | 12.15 MB; 6240 x 4160 pixels; 528 x 352 mm (print at 300 DPI); 1651 x 1101 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Show more details: | Rob Rickman |
| Copyright: | © IFAD/ Rob Rickman |
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