farming
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Fiji’s Subashni Lal expands Freedom Farms into a women-led, climate-resilient farming hub with mushroom training center and BSFL tech
From librarian to farmer, Subashni Lal rebuilt her path in Fiji, turning setbacks into Freedom Farms—a growing, women-led venture rooted in diverse crops and practical, climate-smart innovations. With BSFL feed, solar incubators and a budding mushroom training center, her story hints at resilience, community training, and new agricultural possibilities.
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Fiji’s Daku Natabe Cooperative Harvests 100 Tonnes of Rice Through Mechanisation Program
From policing to farming, Satish Chandra Lal is turning discipline into productivity on Fiji’s land. As secretary of the Daku Natabe Cooperative, he blends sharecropping with modern machinery to push yields and create steady incomes for smallholders. A tale of resilience, collaboration, and a new path for rural livelihoods.
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Fiji mother of seven expands family pineapple and dalo farm after National Women in Agriculture Symposium
With a newborn in her arms and seven children at home, a rural mother attends a national Women in Agriculture symposium and returns with a plan to scale her family’s roadside farm. From e-commerce to new market connections, she’s turning learning into growth amid a changing climate.
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Fiji honours 24 women farmers in awards to boost women-led farming, agri-entrepreneurship and climate resilience
Twenty-four women farmers were honored in a Fiji gala that reframed farming as entrepreneurship and climate leadership. The ceremony hints at a broader push for women’s economic participation that could reshape rural livelihoods and food security.
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Backyard to Ministry Supplier: Fiji’s Alena Berauwa Named Nursery Farmer of the Year
From a backyard plot in Ra to national recognition, Alena Berauwa’s Alena’s Nursery turns small beginnings into big opportunities for women in farming. What started with sandalwood seedlings has blossomed into a broader plant line and a growing role in government programs—proof that starting small can lead to lasting impact.
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Alena Berauwa Wins Fiji Nursery Farmer of the Year for Alena’s Nursery and Reforestation Work
Alena Berauwa’s home-grown nursery story is turning heads. Named Nursery Farmer of the Year at the Women in Agriculture Symposium, she’s expanding from a Ra-based operation to a Fiji-wide seedling network—driven by a belief that small beginnings can grow into lasting change for farming and the environment.