Agriculture officials in Niue are warning of a shortage of root crops in the coming month as the island has experienced a long dry spell since it was devastated by Cyclone Heta in early January.
Most local families maintain a plantation of taro for home consumption while a small number of farmers grow the famous pink taro for export to New Zealand.
Agriculture officials predict there will be a shortage of taro, the islands major root crop, within three months.
Niue's forests have dried out and become a major fire hazard, prompting the declaration of a fire ban.
Niue stills suffers the effects of January's Cyclone Heta
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