Kava exporter: it’s time to take advantage of high prices and grow the industry

A Fijian kava exporter is urging Pacific people to focus on commercial operations rather than small subsistence farming following last month’s lifting of a European Union kava export ban. Lami Kava director Donny Jason Yee, whose family has been farming kava since the 1970s, said now is the time to take advantage of high kava prices... more →
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Vendors happy with kava sale

Serafina Silaitoga, FijiTimes.com Grog vendors in Labasa have seen growth in their business with good yaqona prices. Picture: SERAFINA SILAITOGA THIS year posed a promising period for yaqona vendors in the Labasa Market. Since Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston in February 2016, vendors in the Labasa Market have seen their revenue increase... more →
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