Those pineapples that still seem exotic on a super market shelf anywhere beyond the equator, are not just gorgeous to look at and luscious to eat or drink but this seemingly omnipresent tropical produce requires a careful and lengthy process of cultivation.
 
In the Pacific island of Vanuatu, where pineapple production on a large commercial scale is still being developed, local family and commercial pineapple farms are being helped through a Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) project to improve and enhance their production through better planting and husbandry techniques and by improving post-harvest practices through better management.