yaqona

Widow Secures Children’s Future With Yaqona Farm
NEWS

Widow Secures Children’s Future With Yaqona Farm

“I didn’t know how to restart my life and take over the role of a father at first, so I worked on the small farm...

Grant Boosts Koroi’s Kava Shop
Feature

Grant Boosts Koroi’s Kava Shop

After establishing a kava canteen, he did a business training workshop (CEFE – New Business Creation Course) condu...

Yaqona Farmers To Dictate The Price And Not Middlemen: Namosi Kava
SUNBIZ

Yaqona Farmers To Dictate The Price And Not Middlemen: Namosi Kava

Brandon Nakavulevu says it’s now time to stop the middlemen from undermining the price of yaqona or kava. Mr Nakav...

Ovalau Village Ventures Into ‘Vakabula Vanua’ Project
Island News

Ovalau Village Ventures Into ‘Vakabula Vanua’ Project

Village spokesman Usaia Delai said the project, which had the support of the Government, started in 2011, but Tropi...

Nasolo Youth Plant Yaqona To Become Rural Millionaires
NATION

Nasolo Youth Plant Yaqona To Become Rural Millionaires

The youth had the support of the village elders and Watison Bativou was appointed to monitor their yaqona project.

Nabulikula Club Invests In Landowners, Fights Poverty
SUNBIZ

Nabulikula Club Invests In Landowners, Fights Poverty

“We talk around the grog bowl about what iTaukei people should do, but I had the means to actually do it, so I got...

Letters: 4th March, 2019
Letters

Letters: 4th March, 2019

We thank the Fiji Roads Authority for providing two-lane driving towards USP. But it’s unfortunate that one lane h...

Fiji Police Intercept Alleged Kava Thieves
NEWS

Fiji Police Intercept Alleged Kava Thieves

The four are alleged to have stolen up to 20 yaqona plants which have been recovered by Police

Marautaki Na Solesolevaki Ni Tei Yaqona
Siga Vou

Marautaki Na Solesolevaki Ni Tei Yaqona

  E ra sa tekivu solesolevaki na 36 na dau tei yaqona mai Lomaji, Matuku, ena kena teivaki na 4,000 na kasa ni ...

Fiji and Australia Set new ‘Vuvale’ Partnership
NEWS

Fiji and Australia Set new ‘Vuvale’ Partnership

Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison yesterday renewed ties and dubbed a ...

Farmers Keep Potential Buyers at Bay so Yaqona Plants can Mature Properly
NATION

Farmers Keep Potential Buyers at Bay so Yaqona Plants can Mature Properly

Many farmers today have refused to directly sell their yaqona plants or whole plantations to prospective buyers beca...

Youths Told: Money In Yaqona
SUNBIZ

Youths Told: Money In Yaqona

  Youths have been urged to take advantage of the yaqona market price and venture into its cultivation. Sharing...

Yaqona nursery to provide plants for farmers
SUNBIZ

Yaqona nursery to provide plants for farmers

Fiji will soon have a new nursery to grow yaqona plants thanks to the financial assistance of New Caledonia’s Cham...

‘Invest in farming’
SUNBIZ

‘Invest in farming’

Farmer Josaia Wanisi knows just how rewarding when one invests in farming. After 19 years of farming yaqona, the man...

Yaqona thieves get suspended sentence
NATION

Yaqona thieves get suspended sentence

Three men from Seaqaqa on Monday were handed a suspended sentence of nine months’ imprisonment by the Labasa Magis...

Yaqona Price ‘Doubles’ In Labasa
NATION

Yaqona Price ‘Doubles’ In Labasa

The price of yaqona at the Labasa Market has doubled. Some vendors say the devastation left behind by Tropical Cyclo...

Farmers’ Concerns Heard At Top Level
SUNBIZ

Farmers’ Concerns Heard At Top Level

Farmers in the non-sugar sector will have their voices heard on policy and legislative issues that affect them throu...

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