Marshall Islands - Agriculture

The traditional interplanting of root crops and other vegetables with coconuts, which maintained self-sufficiency in food and provided the Marshallese with dietetic variety before modern times, is still widely practiced as a subsistence activity. Dried coconut meat, known as copra, is produced on almost all islands and atolls; some 6,500 ha (16,000 acres) of coconut palm were productive. Taro, breadfruit, and pandanus are also grown.