Green News: The role of ecosystem-service-providing plants in agricultural plots
Green News Series: Ecosystem-service-providing plants
The ecosystem-service-providing plants in agricultural plots:
New COVID-19 response will increase biosecurity and upgrade sustainable food production in the Pacific
COVID-19 has had a far-reaching effect on Pacific nations. In the space of seven months, the evaporation of vital tourism earnings and remittances, as well as the disruption to international trade and the food supply, has had repercussions on food…
PROTEGE: A network of agroecology demonstration farms in the Pacific OCTs
The EDF-11-funded PROTEGE project has not escaped the health crisis. Regional activities have been particularly hard hit by border closings and the implementation of PROTEGE activities has been significantly delayed by COVID-19.
Highlights from our Women in Agriculture Campaign
The two-week Women in Agriculture Campaign concludes today with an awards ceremony recognising the hard work of Women who have contributed more than 15 years of service towards the Pacific Community’s (SPC) Land Resources Division (LRD).
Collectively,…
Nadroumai Women improve soil health through Agroforestry
Exacerbating erosion, flooding and drought events was on the rise due to unsustainable agriculture and resource exploitation within the Nadroumai catchment near Sigatoka in Fiji- but thanks to the dedication of women and youth in the area, the future is…
Sustainable agriculture and agroforestry replacing unproductive land use
A new publication from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural (ACIAR) provides a clear view of the current status of mixed species agroforestry in Fiji and Vanuatu and offers valuable insights into the potential for agroforestry development…
Agroforestry project to enhance value chain of selected crops
A four-year project to enhance value-added products and environmental benefits from agroforestry systems is being rolled out in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands with support from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural…