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About KGA
About KGA
Kastom Gaden Association (KGA) is an indigenous non-profit organisation (a charitable trust) working with Solomon Island communities to improve their food security.
‘Kastom Gaden’ is a Solomons Pijin language term meaning ‘customary gardening’
‘Kastom Gaden’ is a Solomons Pijin language term meaning ‘customary gardening’
About PMN
About PMN
The Planting Materials Network (PMN) provides Solomon Island farmers the opportunity to exchange seeds and planting materials, agricultural knowledge and techniques, and to participate in training activities run by staff and other farmers.
Membership of PMN is available.
Membership of PMN is available.
What we do
What we do
Kastom Gaden Association provides services to strengthen village-based food production and food security in Solomon Islands. We use practical, participatory approaches that enable villagers to develop their own solutions to improving household food security and their village-based agriculture economy.
Our projects
Our projects
Over the more than two and a half decades since its inception, KGA has implemented and been involved in a diversity of projects addressing the food security and the agricultural productivity of Solomon Island villages. View:
• KGA reports • publications • handbooks • training manuals and • general projects.
• KGA reports • publications • handbooks • training manuals and • general projects.
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Munda, Western Province get ready.📣
Kastom Gaden Association (KGA) invites you to our Climate-Resilient Farming Diversity Fair & Showcase 🥦🥬🫒
📆Date: Monday, 26 October 2026
📍Venue: Munda SDA compound -Western Province
Calling all farmers, families, young people, and community members around Munda, Noro, and nearby communities. Come along and be part of an exciting day of learning, sharing, and celebrating the amazing diversity of our local food systems!
What can you look forward to?
Farmer Showcases: Discover locally grown produce, traditional crops, different crop species, and varieties that our farmers are growing and valuing. 👨🏽🌾
Knowledge & Experience Sharing: Connect with local farmers, exchange ideas, learn from one another, and discover practical ways to improve farming in our communities.
Practical Demonstrations: See farming techniques and innovations in action, with opportunities to learn practical skills you can take back to your own garden or farm.
Ask Questions & Learn: Join our interactive Q&A sessions about different crops, varieties, growing methods, and the importance of preserving our agricultural diversity.
Fun for Everyone: Enjoy engaging activities, games, exciting displays, and a welcoming space for families, children, farmers, and the wider community!
OUR THEME: “Sharing Seeds, Building Skills, Practical Technologies for Island Food Security.” 🍍🫒🍏🥦
This is more than just a fair, it’s an opportunity to celebrate our farmers, strengthen community connections, preserve valuable farming knowledge, and explore practical ways to build resilient food systems for our islands.
Everyone is welcome, bring your produce, bring your family, invite your friends, and come ready to learn, share, ask questions, and have fun!
Let’s celebrate our local farmers, our crop diversity, and the knowledge that keeps our communities growing.
Spread the word- tag a farmer, share this post, and let’s make it a great day together!
#KastomGadenAssociation #KGA #ClimateResilientFarming #DiversityFair #WesternProvince #Munda #Noro #FoodSecurity #Agroecology #LocalFarmers #SharingSeedsBuildingSkills
Kastom Gaden Association (KGA) invites you to our Climate-Resilient Farming Diversity Fair & Showcase 🥦🥬🫒
📆Date: Monday, 26 October 2026
📍Venue: Munda SDA compound -Western Province
Calling all farmers, families, young people, and community members around Munda, Noro, and nearby communities. Come along and be part of an exciting day of learning, sharing, and celebrating the amazing diversity of our local food systems!
What can you look forward to?
Farmer Showcases: Discover locally grown produce, traditional crops, different crop species, and varieties that our farmers are growing and valuing. 👨🏽🌾
Knowledge & Experience Sharing: Connect with local farmers, exchange ideas, learn from one another, and discover practical ways to improve farming in our communities.
Practical Demonstrations: See farming techniques and innovations in action, with opportunities to learn practical skills you can take back to your own garden or farm.
Ask Questions & Learn: Join our interactive Q&A sessions about different crops, varieties, growing methods, and the importance of preserving our agricultural diversity.
Fun for Everyone: Enjoy engaging activities, games, exciting displays, and a welcoming space for families, children, farmers, and the wider community!
OUR THEME: “Sharing Seeds, Building Skills, Practical Technologies for Island Food Security.” 🍍🫒🍏🥦
This is more than just a fair, it’s an opportunity to celebrate our farmers, strengthen community connections, preserve valuable farming knowledge, and explore practical ways to build resilient food systems for our islands.
Everyone is welcome, bring your produce, bring your family, invite your friends, and come ready to learn, share, ask questions, and have fun!
Let’s celebrate our local farmers, our crop diversity, and the knowledge that keeps our communities growing.
Spread the word- tag a farmer, share this post, and let’s make it a great day together!
#KastomGadenAssociation #KGA #ClimateResilientFarming #DiversityFair #WesternProvince #Munda #Noro #FoodSecurity #Agroecology #LocalFarmers #SharingSeedsBuildingSkills
We are so pleased to have been a part of this.
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DEADLINE EXTENDED TO SUBMIT NOMINATIONS by midnight 14 October 2026 ADST
🏆 TERRACIRCLE'S INNOVATOR AWARD 2026…
Two weeks to go to nominate someone making a difference in Melanesia:
🌱 agricultural biodiversity
🌾 climate-resilient agriculture, or
📊 monitoring, evaluation and learning…
🏆 Share in a total prize pool of AUD $9,000, recognising outstanding grassroots innovation across Melanesia.
Nominate them by 14 October 2026 ADST here:
terracircle.org.au/projects/innovators-award/
🌀 About TerraCircle
TerraCircle is a small, independent not-for-profit organisation with team members in Australia, across Melanesia and elsewhere. We work alongside communities in Melanesia and globally to strengthen locally led farming, biodiversity conservation and resilient food systems.
Alongside our development work, TerraCircle provides specialist advisory and consulting services in biodiversity, climate resilience, food systems, monitoring, evaluation and learning, and community-led development. We also reinvest our own resources into initiatives such as the TerraCircle Innovator Award and our Micro Project Grants Scheme, supporting practical local innovation and grassroots leadersh#agrobiodiversityr#ClimateResilientAgriculturel#melanesianesia @followers
🏆 TERRACIRCLE'S INNOVATOR AWARD 2026…
Two weeks to go to nominate someone making a difference in Melanesia:
🌱 agricultural biodiversity
🌾 climate-resilient agriculture, or
📊 monitoring, evaluation and learning…
🏆 Share in a total prize pool of AUD $9,000, recognising outstanding grassroots innovation across Melanesia.
Nominate them by 14 October 2026 ADST here:
terracircle.org.au/projects/innovators-award/
🌀 About TerraCircle
TerraCircle is a small, independent not-for-profit organisation with team members in Australia, across Melanesia and elsewhere. We work alongside communities in Melanesia and globally to strengthen locally led farming, biodiversity conservation and resilient food systems.
Alongside our development work, TerraCircle provides specialist advisory and consulting services in biodiversity, climate resilience, food systems, monitoring, evaluation and learning, and community-led development. We also reinvest our own resources into initiatives such as the TerraCircle Innovator Award and our Micro Project Grants Scheme, supporting practical local innovation and grassroots leadersh#agrobiodiversityr#ClimateResilientAgriculturel#melanesianesia @followers
Come and have a quick visit this last day of the ANTF 2026.
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Days 2, 3 and 4 done🫒
A big thank you to everyone who has stopped by our display over the past four days! Whether you came to view our displays, ask questions about the work we do and why it matters, pick up seedlings and planting materials, or simply show interest in what Kastom Gaden Association stands for, we've loved every moment of it.
Sharing our work with you these past four days has been such a joy, and it's a wonderful reminder of why we do what we do.
We're excited for four more days of connecting with you all! So keep coming by- there's still so much to learn about backyard and home gardening, and we'd love to share it with you. 🌿💚
Photos at KGA stall, SINU Cultural Vill#kastomgadenassociation
#KGAs#NationalTradeFairn#polfn##ClimateResilientFarming #PFOm#CRFPIi#jpwreer#SustainableFarmingP#KnowledgeExchangea#solomonislandseExchange #Solomonislands
A big thank you to everyone who has stopped by our display over the past four days! Whether you came to view our displays, ask questions about the work we do and why it matters, pick up seedlings and planting materials, or simply show interest in what Kastom Gaden Association stands for, we've loved every moment of it.
Sharing our work with you these past four days has been such a joy, and it's a wonderful reminder of why we do what we do.
We're excited for four more days of connecting with you all! So keep coming by- there's still so much to learn about backyard and home gardening, and we'd love to share it with you. 🌿💚
Photos at KGA stall, SINU Cultural Vill#kastomgadenassociation
#KGAs#NationalTradeFairn#polfn##ClimateResilientFarming #PFOm#CRFPIi#jpwreer#SustainableFarmingP#KnowledgeExchangea#solomonislandseExchange #Solomonislands
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