A newly planted yam garden, west coast of Santo Island. Dr Bourke's research focussed on sustainability of land use in the context of rapidly increasing population and on cash incomes. Yams stored on an open platform. A villager poses in a plot of irrigated taro. Coconuts, bananas and kava are planted in the bunds that retain the water in each pondfield.
Water is fed into the pondfield complex from a distant stream.
The entire pond system is about 5 ha in extent. A research student interviews a villager about yam storage. Professor Ward is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the Contemporary Pacific. This Web page may be linked to any other Web pages. Contents may not be altered.