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Monday 10th January 2012, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Suva
 Cabbage farmers in the Sigatoka Valley have seen their incomes increase by 20–30 per cent since adopting the integrated pest management (IPM) farming technique. The farmers are part of the IPM Brassica Project, an effective and environmentally friendly approach to pest management that relies on a combination of common-sense practices.
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Thursday 5th January 2012, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Suva
In 2009, SPC’s Centre for Pacific Crops and Trees Cryopreservation (CePaCT) began a cryopreservation project, funded by the Global Crop Diversity Trust. The latest results and the progress made on the cryopreservation of taro and other edible aroids were presented by the CePaCT Cryopreservation Research Technician, Ulamila Lutu, at the International Symposium on Cryopreservation of Horticultural Crops held in China from 28 June to 2 July 2011.
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Overfishing of bigeye tuna continues in the western and central Pacific tuna fishery, the world’s biggest tuna fishery, according to the 2010 tuna fishery assessment report released this month by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC).
