For thousands of years, farmers across the Pacific have learned how to work with their environment. Now, as droughts, irregular rainfall and declining soil health make farming harder, that traditional knowledge is being combined with modern agricultural research.
In Samoa and Tonga, farmers are testing practical ways to manage weeds, improve soil and reduce dependence on costly chemical inputs. The work is bringing ancestral farming knowledge and Sustainable Agriculture Intensification principles together in the fields where they matter most.
