taro produce shortage

Shortage of taro supplies a concern for Samoa

Tuilaepa admits there is decline in Samoa’s taro produce and offers a simple solution.

“There was a time Fiji took up all the markets for taro overseas, then their market crashed when disease struck, that’s when the door opened for us,” he said.

“You see, soon, we may get some diseases to our produce of our own as well, but right now, what we should do is work the land. We all know that most are just strutting at home not doing anything, while there is heaps of land that haven’t been used for plantation,” he added.