Department of Environment, Management and Agriculture
The
Department of Environment, Management and Agriculture is focusing
on preserving staple food trees in the communities in
Nauru.
Projects have been implemented by
DEMA to assist in preserving the breadfruit staple food tree by
managing a replantation farm site in Menen District.
The objective of the proect is to
improve the security of food that is being consumed by the locals
and with that other staple food trees will be also be
replanted.
With the frequent amount of
imported goods, local staple food trees tend to be forgotten.
Dowouw advises that it is good to
know these locally produced staple food trees.
During the drought season, many
staple food trees were lost due to the heat.
DEMA is working towards an outreach
in the community on the prevention of the loss of local staple food
trees.
DEMA will be visitng communities in
serach for remaining staple food trees to collect samples that will
assist their project of preserving staple food trees.