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Self-Reliance through Agri-business in Samoa - Vaoala Vanilla showcase: IFAD Podcast for International Women's Day 2023.

Posted by Shelley Burich on February 28, 2023

I had the privilege of being interviewed for the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), International Women's Day #IWD2023 podcast on (click on link here): Bridging the digital gender gap - Episode 41. Intro excerpt from IFAD website: Shelley Burich is a community organizer, female empowerment professional and an e-commerce entrepreneur. She is also the only commercial vanilla farmer in all of Samoa. She is passionate about IFAD’s support of women across the island, helping them to become self-reliant through agri-business. Interview mark: 00:33:21

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Vanilla farming in Vaoala, Samoa

Posted by Shelley Burich on November 8, 2022

About me Tālofa lava. That is greetings in Samoan. I’m Shelley Burich. I am an indigenous Samoan, with Chinese & English heritage. I am a Wife, Mother, Nana and have a vanilla farm in the village of Vaoala (pronounced “Vow-ah-lah”), Samoa. Samoa is a small Polynesian island nation consisting of two main islands, two smaller islands and several uninhabited islands, located in the South Pacific. It has a population of only 200,000 people. Vaoala is located on the island of Upolu. I have great love and affection for vanilla, and that love has turned me into the sole commercial vanilla...