News
ASCC-ACNR hosts Halloween at the Farm event
November 9, 2021
The ASCC-ACNR Extension Program hosted its first annual Halloween at the Farm event at the ACNR Compound on October 29, 2021. The community-wide event served to educate the community about the work done by the ASCC-ACNR while bringing the community together to socialize, destress, and have fun.
ASCC-ACNR Forestry Program completes Landscape Scale Restoration Projects in Leone and Laulii
July 30, 2019
In June and July, the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) - Agriculture, Community and Natural Resources (ACNR) Division’s Forestry Program completed its watershed restoration activities in the villages of Leone and Laulii as part of the Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) Watershed Restoration project.
ASCC-ACNR Forestry Program completes Landscape Scale Restoration Projects in Pago Pago
July 13, 2019
The American Samoa Community College (ASCC) - Agriculture, Community and Natural Resources (ACNR) Division’s Forestry Program completed another watershed restoration activity as part of the Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) Watershed Restoration project with the village and churches of Pago Pago in May. This is the second LSR Watershed Restoration project completed by ASCC-ACNR Forestry, the first being with the Nuuuli village.
ASCC-ACNR hosts Breadfruit Agroforestry Workshop
May 2, 2019
The American Samoa Community College (ASCC) Agriculture, Community and Natural Resources (ACNR) Land Grant Division hosted a Breadfruit Agroforestry Workshop at the ACNR Conference Room on April 24th. This professional development workshop built upon the time-tested methods of Pacific Islanders, bringing traditional knowledge into a modern context while retaining the cultural roots of breadfruit.
ASEPA & ASCC-ACNR conduct Pesticide Applicator Training for Chinese farmers
March 16, 2019
The American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA) and American Samoa Community College (ASCC) - Agriculture, Community and Natural Resources (ACNR) Division conducted a special pesticide applicator training program specifically for Chinese farmers from March 4 to March 6, 2019, at the ACNR Conference Room. This is the first time Chinese farmers have attended a pesticide applicator training.
Samoa Minstries Staff Visit ASCC-ACNR to Learn About Little Fire Ants
February 17, 2019
The American Samoa Community College (ASCC) – Agriculture, Community and Natural Resources (ACNR) Division has completed its second Swine Artificial Insemination (AI) Project for local pig breeders. The three-month-long project familiarized pig farmers with AI as a scientific method to alleviate inbreeding and enhance sow fertility, genetics, and production.
ASCC-ACNR Invites the Public to Learn About the Little Fire Ant
December 19, 2018
The Agriculture, Community and Natural Resources (ACNR)/Land Grant Division at the American Samoa Community College invited the public to join them for a talk by visiting invasive ants scientist Dr. Casper Vanderwoude of the University of Hawai'i's Hawai'i Ant Lab in Hilo. Dr. Vanderwoude, who provided American Samoa with technical assistance after the detection of little fire ant on Tutuila.
Department of Agriculture and ASCC-ACNR Land Grant Seek Public's Assistance with New Ant Pest
November 9, 2018
The American Samoa Department of Agriculture and the American Samoa Community College’s (ASCC) entomology lab have detected a new ant pest on Tutuila. Dr. Casper Vanderwoude of the University of Hawaii Ant Lab has confirmed the new invader to be the little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata. Though native to Central and South America, this tiny ant has been spreading into many Pacific islands, including Hawaii, Guam, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Papua New Guinea, and now American Samoa.
ASCC-ACNR & UH Manoa host Extension Climate Change Forum
July 2, 2018
The American Samoa Community College (ASCC) - Agriculture, Community and Natural Resources (ACNR) Division and the University of Hawai’i at Manoa - College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (UHM-CTAHR) Cooperative Extension Services hosted a two-day Extension Climate Change Forum: Sharing Climate Change Knowledge, Supporting Our Communities event on June 20 and June 21, 2018.
ASCC-ACNR Summer Interships Underway
June 17, 2018
Twelve students from the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) are participating in local and off-island summer internships in Agriculture and related fields through ASCC’s Agriculture, Community and Natural Resources (ACNR) Division.