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The agricultural practices of the resettled islanders
will probably be the same as in the past.
intensive
type
of agriculture.
Coconuts,
That is,
a non-
arrowroot,
pandanus,
and whatever breadfruit that oan be grown will be grown.
The resettlement program will,
of course,
give the
Marshall Isiands District Agriculture Department an excellent
' opportunity to plan for the most efficient use of the land in
the atoll.
Improved varieties of food-producing plants can
be introduced and planted in the most efficient manner.
coconut groves,
production.
training
especially,
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 have become more ortentecd
toward a cash economy since their removal from the atoll.
This
is especially true of tnose who have had to cope witn the cash
economy prevalent at Majuro and Ebeye.
will
probably be
Will
want to maximize
This means
that
they
very much interested in copra production and
the yicld throughout
the atoll.
While this
Will aid in the rehabilitation program and the eventual economic
stability of Bikini,
neglected.
Mr.
Subsistence agriculture should not be
Hiyane
is,
of course,
well aware
of this aspect
of the problem of agricultural rehabilitation.
As I have indicated previously,
the Bikini people can be
expected to make the maximum use of the
Birds and
me
turties,
and
ggcs |
tneir eggs,
local marine resources,
fisn and
snelilrisn,
and ail