Traditional Production Skills

A majority of households in Vanuatu possess basic traditional production skills that serve to transform the natural assets they have access to - indigenous lands, forest and marine resources - into food, shelter, medicine, and more. The presence of these skills, moreso in rural areas, represents their continued usefulness as well as a cost savings and level of preparedness, and they help explain resilience in the face of natural disasters as well as the recent pandemic of Covid-19. This episode looks at the importance of transferring skills and the ways in which skilled households benefit from their possession.