The Department of Lands and Natural Resources is focusing on developing programs to improve farming and ranching techniques in the CNMI.<\/p>\n
According to DLNR Secretary Richard Seman, he is concerned about the scarcity of land in the Commonwealth, \u201cwhich provides hardship for both farmers and ranchers.\u201d <\/p>\n
Seman said his department is working with the Northern Marians College-Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Service in the creation and conception of techniques to be used on the island\u2019s agriculture. <\/p>\n
\u201cI am working closely with NMC-CREES in the establishment and new ideas to be implemented\u2026in terms of new technology, new techniques to maximize what little land you have to provide you optimum yield,\u201d Seman said.<\/p>\n
He noted that most people in the agricultural industry in the CNMI still use traditional farming. Although there is nothing wrong with it, new technologies and techniques can also be introduced, he said. <\/p>\n
Among the ideas he is looking at is small size cattle and hydroponic farming.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now the people are farming traditionally, the way they have learned for many years, and that\u2019s okay. But also, we shouldn\u2019t be ignoring the fact that things have already changed,\u201d Seman said. \u201cPart of the reason why they are having difficulty right now with lack of water, lack of farmland, is that we farmed the same way over and over.\u201d<\/p>\n
Seman said DLNR will be providing some land to NMC-CREES for this purpose.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am providing as much support as possible for CREES to help them develop some of the program that they need to implement in order for them to be able to convey to the farmers how to utilize new technology and new techniques and that means I might have to provide them some area within the DLNR farm area like in As Perdido,\u201d Seman said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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