In February 2021 the CDWAI team are submitting a proposal for agroecological interventions/changes in gardens that reflect the stress garden systems are under. Sloping land is intensively farmed. Sloping land experiences severe erosion – top soil loss is not easily reversed. The picture/map shows how many villages are in the project area. 

Thanks to permission from the National Ag Quarantine service the Activity was able to bring Rhizobium to assist with both peanut and soybean nodulation. Rhizobium help legumes fix nitrogen – crucial to their ability to improve soil fertility and provide high protein seeds for human and animal use. Thanks also to Ben Heyward – here […]

Gall mite has been around for quite a while. When it’s bad, it can be really bad. The microscopic sized mite causes galls (bumps) on the leaves, leaf petioles and stems of infected kaukau plants. Those galls can really interfere with water and nutrient movement up and down the plant. That means greatly reduced yield […]

Due to the large file size, the annual report 2013 is split in 5 subsequent sections. annual report 2013 part 1 (intro) annual report 2013 part 2 (agriculture) annual report 2013 part 3 (health) annual report 2013 part 4 (education) annual report 2013 part 5 (village economics)

Lime is very likely to be useful in the gardens of Wetar and it may be used at quite high rates but there are some things to learn first. There are two kinds of lime and both may be available – one from imported material that sounds like it is available for your gardeners and […]

Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is a highland plant. However, some varieties of potatoes can be grown in the lowlands. Potatoes are still a rare commodity on the island of Wetar. Potatoes imported from the island of Java, though the price is expensive.  Our farmers want to plant potatoes in Wetar. Before plant in their garden, we […]

Tomato-F1 ‘Waad Rijk Zwaan’- Experiment in Wetar, MBD There are five variants of Tomato-F1 ‘Waad Rijk Zwaan’ which are grown. Each participants plant twenty five seeds of tomato in nursery bed. There are 17 participants on this experiment; six farmers in Lurang, six farmers in Kampung Baru and five farmers in Uhak. But, all the […]