Opening of Niue's Value Adding Kitchen for Agricultural Products

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) of Niue in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has funded the construction of a new kitchen for processing  agricultural produce for the island. The project's overview was to use the kitchen to process agricultural produce that are readily available in Niue and also to build a gateway to use the processed food for export. The target usage of the kitchen was to use readily available crops such as taro, cassava, sweet potatoes, paw paw, breadfruit, banana, and vanilla to make chips, sauces, chutneys, syrups, essence and other related processed food.

New Value Added and Agro-Processing Kitchen

It has been a year and a bit since the construction of the building began; and finally all the hard work and efforts that has been put into the project has finally finished and was officially opened on Wednesday 9th April 2014. Distinguished guests were invited to witness the opening of the new value added and agro-processing kitchen for Niue and were very pleased to see the layout of the kitchen and the different types of appliances and equipments funded by the project that were displaying inside for the public to see. The construction of the building was done with thanks to the following people; Mr Stan Tafatu (chief carpenter of the kitchen) Mr Charlie Fukulagi Tongahai (plumbing services) and Mr Thirdson AKeimo (Electrician) along with assistance from the staff of DAFF.