The government of Tuvalu has approved of the outcomes of the demonstration farm managed in cooperation with Taiwan. To date, the area of the farm has increased five-fold, but due to land limitations in Funafuti (about 2.6 square kilometers), there is no more vacant land that the government could provide through which to expand the scale of cultivation at the site.

With the long distances between Tuvalu’s eight outer islands and the uncertain schedule of transport ships, the emphasis of agricultural extension activities was originally focused on the capital. The largest outer island, Vaitupu (home to about 20 percent of the population), has been unable to receive the benefits of the crops provided by the demonstration farm. The government’s national development strategies (Te Kakeega II Mid-Term Review: Action Plan 2015) specify “increased production and consumption of local produce” as the country's main agricultural development strategy, while the WHO has been similarly clear that an inadequate intake of vegetables is one of the 10 most important factors influencing mortality throughout the world.

• Update:2022-03-02
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