Rejuvenating Fiji’s Banana
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Industry
Prom Our Own Correspondent
Suva, Jan. 29.
IS a result of a planting campaign organised by the Department of Agriculture and the Fijian Affairs oard, and carried out by the people of aitasiri, Tailevu, Ra, Rewa, Serua and amosi Provinces, it is hoped that Fiji ill be in a position by 1952, to export up i 400,000 cases of bananas annually.
A certain risk has been taken in making te new plantings, as the New Zealand ithorities have refused to give Fiji a ‘finite banana quota—however, for years ie demand for bananas in New Zealand is been greater than the supply.
The people of the areas concerned were ithusiastic about the work and by the id of December 840 acres had been anted. A start has also been made on ie rehabilitation of the older areas, so, ie way or another, there should shortly a marked improvement in the quality Fiji bananas.