Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry, Fisheries and Biosecurity Corporate Plan 2014-2018.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry, Fisheries and Biosecurity’s (MALFFB) obligation is to develop a Corporate Plan from 2014 to 2018 to develop their annual business plan. The production and finalization of this document is the result of inputs gathered from productive sectors, other relevant stakeholders, Government of Vanuatu’s Priority Action Agenda (PAA) and MALFFB’s Overarching Productive Sector Policy. By developing annual business plan in accordance with these corporate plan objectives, will enable surely MALFFB to achieve the Overarching Productive Sector Policy Goals which will also transform Vanuatu to Healthy, Educated and Wealthy Nation. The Priority Areas identified are: Institutional Capacity Building; Rural Development; Food Security (including aquaculture); Market access; Climate Change, Climate Variability and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), etc. By the end of 2018, with the support of the MALFFB Cabinet, all departments will be effectively ensuring that locally produced food is accessible to more consumers.
The livelihood of Vanuatu’s population, particularly the rural areas, depends entirely on agricultural activities. To address the declining trend, there is a need to review current legislation, appropriate technology to improve and increase production, create new development initiatives and approaches. Priority Area: Rural Development. Rural farmers have been ignored and classified as vulnerable groups due to the discontinuation of Extension Service. Priority Area: Market access. The Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development has the following objectives: production of export commodities and food crops would have increased to meet both domestic and export demands permitting the Agriculture sector to increase its contribution to national GDP.
Priority Area: Climate Change, Climate Variability and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) are cross-cutting issues affecting all development sectors. The government needs to collaborate with farmers to conserve the local chicken genetics which are resilient to climate change. By the end of 2018, DoF will increase the adaptive capacity of male and female households to climate change and its effects.