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agriculture census

A talo plantation in Aunuu.
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 2018 Census of Agriculture for American Samoa found that of the more than 6,000 farms in the territory, over $44 million was the total value of production from the surveyed farms, according to data released Tuesday by the US Department of Agriculture’s National...
Taro farm on Aunu'u
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The second phase of the 2018 Agriculture census started this week and ends on Friday, Oct. 25th. Teams made up of employees from the Commerce Department, Agriculture Department, and the ASCC Land Grant will visit villages to enumerate farms that were not enumerated...
DOC director Keniseli Lafaele
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 2018 Agriculture Census for Ta’u in the Manu’a island group got underway this week and will take two weeks, according to the Commerce Department, which officially launched the Agriculture Census on May 1st, starting with Tutuila with public awareness programs through...
Taro plants
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The community is “responding favorably” to the American Samoa agriculture census, following an ongoing public awareness program, however the farmers are not. Farmers are refusing to provide information due to not being compensated from crop damage assessments following...
Talo crop
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa's agricultural census is running into problems. Farmers are refusing to give information because they're upset at not receiving compensation for crop damage following Tropical Cyclone Gita. Chief statistician, Meleisea Vai Filiga, said the federal census,...
A farmer in American Samoa displays his produce at a farmers market
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Officials in American Samoa are urging farmers to take part in a territory-wide agricultural census. Farmers are being urged to complete questionnaires from the Department of Commerce. It says the data will be used to show the value of agriculture in American Samoa, as...