Usaia Sausauwainivalu is driving the message that school leavers can consider kava farming as a potential career pathway. While kava farming is not a typical career choice for youth in Fiji, its high profitability is garnering interest among young people,particularly in rural areas, to establish careers as small-scale commercial farmers. In Kadavu, one of Fiji’s major kava growing areas, Usaia Sausauwainivalu, the farm manager at Vunisea Secondary School, is encouraging

The Fiji Kava Taskforce was yesterday encouraged to include more women and youth in its kava training activities. The call was made by Losalini Leweniqila, the National Coordinator for the Pacific Horticultural and Agricultural Market Access (PHAMA) Plus Program* in Fiji, during a meeting of the Taskforce in Vunisea, Kadavu yesterday. Ms Leweniqila highlighted the need to have more women and youth participating in training activities for kava farmers and