Vanuatu farmers dig for policies online
Farmers in Vanuatu have a new tool – an online agricultural policy bank that provides easy access to summaries of key policy documents in English, French and Bislama.
Launched in September 2015, the digital library ensures national stakeholders can have…
Maintaining quality of local tilapia through brood stock management training
Five tilapia farmers and 18 aquaculture hatchery and farm development staff from Fiji’s Ministry of Fisheries, completed a –four-day training recently (20 - 23 February) on brood stock management at the Naduruloulou Freshwater Research Station and…
Training to increase honey production Post TC Winston
Lead beekeepers from Vanua Levu are undertaking a weeklong training (20-24 February) in an effort to revive Fiji’s honey industry, which was devastated by Tropical Cyclone Winston.
Pacific Community hosts Australia’s Minister for the Pacific
Australia’s Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Senator the Hon. Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, reaffirmed support for sustainable agriculture in the region, after a visit to the Pacific Community’s (SPC) Centre for Pacific Crops and…
Impact and lessons learned during TC Winston reviewed
The month of February marks the one year anniversary since tropical cyclone Winston, the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall in the Southern Hemisphere, struck Fiji. During the past 12 months Fiji has made progress towards a full recovery.…
Zoom - Growing fresh food for the family in Tuvalu
Farmer Iokapeta Taliu starts every day the same way. “Every morning and afternoon, my husband and I work on our garden as part of our daily routine”, Iokapeta explained from her farm on Funafuti, Tuvalu’s main atoll. “My home garden is very useful to my…
Fiji tilapia farmers to open hatcheries
Five local tilapia farmers, who attended a two-week course on aquaculture in Bangkok, Thailand, have returned and are ready to put their newly acquired knowledge into practice.
The training was part of the Increasing Agricultural Commodities Trade (IACT…
Pilot projects to boost Pacific coconut industry
The Pacific Community (SPC) and the European Union will support the coconut industry in Samoa and Vanuatu as part of a new regional initiative to improve small producer’s business competitiveness.
The €3.5 million Coconut Industry Development Project (…
Zoom - Supporting fishing knowledge and livelihoods in Tuvalu
A fisher with a palu malau puku, a deepwater species
For centuries, the people of Tuvalu have been fishing the waters around their island nation. Their knowledge of local fish and their habits is second to none.
Two projects supported by the Pacific…
Zoom - Protecting South Tarawa’s beaches from erosion
Kiribati’s sandy beaches are a key defence against strong tides, currents and waves. For many years, those beaches have also provided sand and gravel for construction, leading to erosion along parts of the South Tarawa coastline.
Working with European…