ROC (Taiwan) Technical Mission helps people in Arno Atoll

With the assistance from the Ministry of Resources and Development of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) along with the local leadership in Arno Atoll, a team of specialists from the Ministry of Resources and Development and Taiwan International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF) Technical Mission (TTM) in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Laura Farm) held a 2 day agricultural workshop for the residents on the atoll of Arno from 28 to 29 May 2014.

The workshop is a part of the ROC (Taiwan) Government’s contribution to the relief work undergoing in Arno due to king tides in March 2014. Its training contents included local feed utilization and pig rearing by RND officer Jabukja Aikne and TTM Senior Specialist Mario Ju-yang Jang and trainings in gardening, compost making, seedling nursing, transplanting and cooking demonstration by RND officer Karness Kutso, TTM Specialist Sylvia Pong-han Lee and Specialist Aquila Hui-chun Chang.