The Tiwi Islands create a natural biodiversity due to its isolation from the mainland. With current existing port infrastructure and barge services to support the agricultural activities, the Tiwi Islands presents a unique opportunity.

Agriculture opportunities:

Tropical exotic fruit trees – rambutan, jackfruit, durian, cocoa, coffee, pepper and mangosteen

Sub-tropical to semi-arid tropical fruits – banana, mango, citrus, papya, pawpaw, passionfruit, dragon fruit and pineapple

Ornamentals – heliconia and ginger

Vegetables – pumpkin, cucumber, snake gourd, sin qua, luffa, snake bean, taro, yam bean

Herbs chilli, okra, basil, kangkung, coriander, parsley

Fruits – bitter melon, hairy melon, winter melon, long melon, watermelon, rockmelon, honeydew melon and hami melon, coconut

Hay and fodder crops rhodes grass – sabi grass, aerobic rice, cavalcade or fodder peanuts

Grains and pulses rice – grain sorghum, corn and peanuts

Fibre and industrial crops – kenaf, cassava, oil palm and guar

Forestry – cypress pine, acacia mangium and eucalyptus

Native fruit – Kakadu plum

Farming – Buffalo