Fijian Banana
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CARLY 1,000 acres of new banana plantations were created in Fiji in four months ae 1954-55 summer, reported the etor of Agriculture in May. i will add 150,000 cases to ma production in 18 months jian growers were responsible slanting nearly all of the 300,000 :ers involved in the programme.
Viti Levu, Tailevu Fijians ; planted nearly 400 acres, asiri about 350 acres and ern Ra nearly 200. Winter iting is under way in the Serua losi region. is estimated that Fijian banana itations, including old, weedy s, produce about 70 cases of : to the acre annually. New
itings will probably produce
)le this figure. le Agriculture Department is nding its fertiliser-demonstra policy in the main banana s. The report states that m growers are awake to the ibility that with the aid of lisers, production on abandoned ma lands may be resumed ; to villages instead of having inually to seek fresh but cessible areas.