Now it's valuable

i/fORE than 300 acres of formerly useless swamp land in the Navu oku area of Tongatapu, Tonga’s nain island, will shortly be classified is one of the richest agricultural areas >n the island.

This follows a successful project o reclaim the area by planting it vholly with taro—at the rate of 11,560 plants to the acre.

The taro finds a good market both ocally and overseas, especially in American Samoa where taro is the itaple diet, and where little is now »rown.