IMPORTED TARO
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “The demand for taro is high and local farmers are unable to provide enough for the needs of everyone including family and local businesses in American Samoa. There are not enough taro plantations here on island to cover the daily need.”
This was the response from local...

![A senior official at the Department of Agriculture (DOA) told Samoa News that every time the vessel from Samoa arrives, it brings 50 bags of taro to the territory, which is the amount that local importers are allowed to bring into the territory. [photo by AF] Bags of taro being unloaded at wharf.](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/taro_from_samoa_0263.jpg?itok=D7L-2eT2)