Coconut
Improved Vanuatu Tall (VTT)
Selected over four decades from 1963; fully tolerant of CFDV and reproducible by farmers. Copra yield about 2.2 t/ha versus 1.3 t/ha for unselected Vanuatu Tall.[1]
Ol niufala kaen plant
Varieties released
Every variety here began as a cross, a selection or a collecting trip at Saraoutou.
Coconut
Vanuatu Tall × Rennell Island Tall hybrid
The best performer for nuts and copra while tolerating CFDV (about 2.7 t/ha copra). Released with the Strategic Plan, July 2023.[2]
Yam
'Dr Roger' (hybrid wailu)
Named after the late Dr Roger Malapa; launched in 2017 at the Saratamata (Penama) yam festival.[3]
Yam
Yam
'White Waelu' (hybrid)
Named after Santo champion farmer White Sailas, who harvested 20 tonnes of yams in July 2019, about half White Waelu.[4]
Yam
Taro
Cattle
Improved Charolais & Brahman cattle
Released July 2023, building on Charolais work since 1967.[2]