Samoa School Gardening Initiative (pilot at Avele College)
Apia, Samoa · Operator: サモア教育・スポーツ・文化省（教育相 Aiono Alec Ekeroma）、農業水産省（MAF）、FAO
Overview
A national school-garden programme launched on 2 October 2025 by Education Minister Aiono Alec Ekeroma, with Avele College as the pilot school. It turns school grounds into living classrooms, linking national aims in education, health, food security and climate adaptation to the daily growing work of students.
Citizen participation
Students grow crops in the school garden while learning about nutrition, climate, biodiversity and business. The work is tied to science and mathematics lessons, and each harvest is linked back to Samoan culture, extending agricultural science teaching beyond the classroom.
Operating model
Delivered as a joint undertaking of the education ministry, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and FAO. No breakdown of running costs has been published.
Impact
Too recent for published results. The education minister framed it as a movement that reconnects children with the land, with their health and with the values that have sustained the people for generations.
Land tenure
Uses school grounds; the land arrangement is not published.
Crops
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Scale
2025年10月2日に開始。アヴェレ・カレッジが先行校。展開校数と面積は公表されていない
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