Fiji Ginger on High Demand

There is something special when the world talks about ginger and its health benefits when consumed as a delicacy, medicine, or spice.

Fiji’s ginger is renowned for its unique flavor and high in oleoresins but low in fiber. Recently the Australian quarantine authorities have given us Fiji the green-light for our ginger to resume entry into their market. Fiji’s farmers and exporters are confident that it will gain wide acceptance and demand in the Australian market.

Agronet has prepared for it organic ginger planting material for 2014. We are starting with 1 chain which will have enough planting material for 2 acres. To my knowledge there is only 2 farms in Fiji which have been certified for organic ginger. 
This seedling chain will be used by the whole network in our experimentation of organic manures like seaweed, fish oil, and poultry manure. It will be a learning ground for all the farmers in organic ginger farming in the Central Division.

I caught up with Mr Kaiming, the ginger exporter who owns Kaiming Agro in Navua, and he mentioned to me that he demands 200 tonnes of organic ginger by 2014. At the moment only 20% of his export demand is met. He suggested to work with a group of farmers to farm to collectively achieve his tonnage demand.

My bid to partake in this business has triggered me to purchase  an extra 20 acres which is capable to farm and expected 20 chains with a minimum of 1.5 tonnes per chain.