Wife motivates her husband to take up farming

63-year-old Rajesh Kumar of Saru, Lautoka started farming when his wife Asha Lata started motivating and teaching him how to plant moca and other vegetables as she comes from a farming family in Ba.

The Lautoka couple have ventured into farming after realising that agriculture is an important aspect of life.

Kumar says after knowing all the tricks and trade of farming he believes that agriculture helps sustain life by providing the food people need to survive.

He says he spends his time growing amaranthus or locally known as moca, and supplies them to the Lautoka market every week.

According to the couple, the highest number of moca supplies they have taken to the Lautoka market was 80 dozen bundles and they believe this is through dedication, planning, sacrifices and hard work.

The 63-year-old further says in 1986 he resigned from his work and became a full-time farmer on their 14-acre piece of land and had never once regretted the decision.