Editing Niue (section)

===Agriculture===
[[File:Taro plant.JPG|thumb|Taro crop]]
Agriculture is very important to the lifestyle of Niueans and the economy, and around {{convert|204|km2}} of the land area are available for agriculture.<ref>[http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/Counprof/southpacific/niue.htm Country Pasture/Forage Resource Profiles: Niue] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204110210/http://www.fao.org/ag/agp/agpc/doc/counprof/southpacific/niue.htm |date=4 December 2017 }}, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, January 2009.</ref> [[Subsistence agriculture]] is very much part of Niue's culture, where nearly all the households have plantations of [[taro]].<ref name="pollock">{{cite journal |last1=Pollock |first1=Nancy J. |year=1979 |title=Work, wages, and shifting cultivation on Niue |journal=Journal of Pacific Studies |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=132–43 |publisher=Pacific Institute}}</ref> Taro is a [[staple food]], and the pink taro now dominant in the taro markets in New Zealand and Australia is a product of Niue. This is one of the naturally occurring taro varieties on Niue, and has a strong resistance to pests. The Niue [[taro]] is known in Samoa as "talo Niue" and in international markets as pink taro. Niue exports taro to New Zealand.
[[Tapioca]] or cassava, [[yam (vegetable)|yams]] and [[sweet potato|kumara]] also grow very well,<ref name=CIAFactbook/> as do different varieties of bananas. [[Copra|Coconut meat]], [[passionfruit]] and [[lime (fruit)|limes]] dominated exports in the 1970s, but in 2008 [[vanilla]], [[Morinda citrifolia|noni]] and taro were the main export crops.

Most families grow their own food crops for subsistence and sell their surplus at the Niue Makete in Alofi, or export to New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pafpnet.spc.int/attachments/article/776/Niue-Agriculture-Sector-Plan-2015-19.pdf |title=Niue Agriculture Sector Plan 2015–2019 |publisher=Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |page=12 |access-date=19 June 2022}}</ref> [[Coconut crab]], or uga, is also part of the [[food chain]]; it lives in the forest and coastal areas.<ref name="NZ_Herald_10675036">{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10675036 |title=Niue: Hunting the uga |author=Eagles, Jim |date=23 September 2010 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=30 October 2011}}</ref>

In 2003, the government made a commitment to develop and expand [[vanilla]] production with the support of [[NZAID]]. Vanilla has grown wild on Niue for a long time. The industry was devastated by [[Cyclone Heta]] in early 2004, but has since recovered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pacifictradeinvest.com/explore-our-work/insights/pacific-success-niue-vanilla-international |title=Pacific Success – Niue Vanilla International |publisher=Pacific Trade Invest Australia |date=8 January 2019 |access-date=19 June 2022 |archive-date=18 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718150411/https://www.pacifictradeinvest.com/explore-our-work/insights/pacific-success-niue-vanilla-international |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The last agricultural census was in 1989.<ref>[http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/ess/documents/world_census_of_agriculture/main_results_by_country/Niue_1989.pdf Niue Agricultural Census 1989 – Main Results], United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, 1989.</ref>