Climate change calls for adaptation methods of crop cultivation to overcome salinity caused by salt water intrusion.
In the Solomon Islands, and especially in the rural parts of the country where more than 80 percent of the people live out their lives, growing staple crops in food gardens is a central livelihood activity.
For communities in the coastal areas rising sea levels, occasioned by climate change, has brought about salt water intrusion and ruined crops.
There is a need to have an adaptation strategy to combat these problems and the kind of agricultural project initiated by Taiwan in the coastal regions of Tuvalu might offer Solomon Islanders some assistance with cultivating some food requirements in raised beds, or by growing food in simple hydroponic systems such as I have previously illustrated.
The raised bed method is already successfully in use at SolTuna in Noro where the female hostel workers employed by the company are supplementing their diet with leafy greens.
The photo I have added gives an illustration of the project being carried out in Tuvalu by the Taiwanese agricultural extension officers.
Yours sincerely
Frank Short
