Tikai Pitakia from KGA recently reported “It’s great to hear of your organization ‘Plant Food Solution ‘ and the
fantastic work of educating people about food we grow and consume that will benefit our nutritional needs.
Not only that but as you rightly mentioned are more tolerant/resistant and adapted to the local environmentresilience to climate change, pest & diseases etc. KGA has continued its effort to collect, bulk and promote
growing of indigenous fruits & nuts and leafy vegetables . ……we strongly believe they are more accessible,
nutritious, adapted to our local environment, and farmers can save their own seeds/ planting material, and
can grow with less inputs compared with imported plants. ……..
We will share these materials (viz plant guides) to our local partners in our network throughout the 9 provinces
of Solomon Islands. We have a local network which is composed of more than 5,000 members (planting
material network members), including schools(boarding schools, Rural training centres- RTCs), ministries (MAL,
MHMS), and NGOs, farmer organizations.” (sic)
