Samoan Farmers

The farmers are members of the Punauli Farmers and Fisheries Association that hosted its first Talomua on Saturday. The event was organised by the Association in partnership with farmers and fishers of Siumu.

The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, La’aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Fosi Schmidt said the event indicated good collaboration within the village to drive agriculture and fisheries development to sustain food, nutrition and income security.

He thanked and congratulated the Punauli Association for the successful coordination of the Talomua event.

The project is part of a partnership between a UN agency and Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Data analyst and mobile app developer Tooa Brown is tasked with designing and developing the mobile app., statement. 

Brown said the idea for the app branched off from monitoring and evaluation visits to farmers currently participating in Samoa Agriculture and Fisheries Productivity Project.

"The disadvantages of using traditional methods of record keeping are high print costs, paper waste and recording information on paper that could get damaged and lost," she said.