The
agricultural practices
of the resettled
will probably be the same as in the past.
intensive
‘and
type
or agriculture.
whatever breadrrult
that
Coconuts,
islanders
That 1s, a nonarrowroot,
pandanus,
can be grown will be grown.
The resettlement program will,
of course,
give the
Marshall Islands District Agriculture Department an excellent
opportunity to plan for the most efficient use of the land in
the atoli.
be
Improved varieties of food-producing plants can
introduced and planted
coconut
groves,
production.
training
in the most
especially,
efficient manner.
The
can be planted to insure maximum
This will be a valuable project in terms of
the local people and scientific experimentation in
atoll agriculture.
I believe that the Bikini people nave become more oriented
toward a cash economy
is
since
their removal]
from the atoll.
especially true of tnose who have had to cope witn the
economy prevalent at Majuro and
will
probably be very much
Ebeye.
This means that
This
cash
they
interested in copra production and
Will want to maximize the yield throughout the atoll.
While this
will aid in the rehabilitation program and the eventual economic
stability of Bikini,
neglected.
of
tne
As
Mr.
subsistence agriculture
Hiyane is,
of course,
problem of agricultural
I have
well aware of this aspect
the Bikini people can be
expected to make the maximum use of the
and
tneir eggs,
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be
renabilitation.
indicated previously,
Birds and turtles,
should not
local marine resources.
fisn and
shellifisn,
and all