fijian ants
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Fiji cane growers threaten to skip planting for 2027 over late payments and rising costs
Fiji’s sugar growers warn they’ve hit a breaking point over late payments and rising costs, threatening to halt planting next season. The stand-off could reshape the industry and the livelihoods tied to the cane fields.
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First Midden Island Found in Fiji Reveals Shellfish-Centered Coastal Lifeways in the Pacific
Off the north coast of Vanua Levu, a shell-dominated island may be Fiji’s first midden island and a landmark in the South Pacific. New fieldwork points to centuries of shellfish processing by coastal communities, offering fresh clues about how early Fijians lived, adapted to changing shorelines, and organized their settlements.
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Fiji marks first national Women in Agriculture Awards, honoring 20 women farmers
Fiji marks a milestone for women in farming as 20 women are honored at the first national Women in Agriculture awards, a key part of a three-day push to improve market access. Top honors went to Katarina Baleisuva in tilapia farming and Jasnita Ali in beekeeping, framed as a strategic boost to gender equality and…
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Fijian ants were first world farmers, new research shows
It turns out that humans were not the only farmers around. As a matter of fact humans just started farming about 12, 000 years ago but ants have been farming for about 3 million years! According to new research from University of Munich, Fijian ants are the first in the world to be farmers.