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Alana Tukuniu

A part-time farmer with a passion for agriculture, Alana Tukuniu offers her views and advice to young people wanting to start an agricultural enterprise in the Pacific. Agriculture, she argues, is instrumental in addressing climate change, health issues and environmental challenges, and keeping cultures alive.
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Well done Alana Tukuniu. I am writing from Australia where many youth are turning to the mining industry because it pays large wages, not many youth are choosing to take on agriculture as a career choice. But as you argue agriculture is much more then working to earn an income.
posted by: lloyd Crothers (01:25:56 Fri 9th September 2011)