Farmers receive over 21,000 trees from EU-SPC Reforest Project

Staff of the SPC-EU Reforest Project distributed over 7,000 trees to sugarcane farmers in Rarawai, Ba on 20 March, 2018.   Sugarcane farmers in communities on the Western side of Fiji’s main island of Viti Levu received over 21,000 trees from a…

Cane Access Road upgrade to benefit 366 sugarcane farmers in Koronubu, Ba

Fifty-four cane access roads in the Koronubu sugarcane sector in Ba will soon be upgraded, thanks to a FJD$3.755 million partnership between the European Union (EU) and the Pacific Community (SPC) Rural Access Roads and Associated Infrastructure (RARAI)…

Cane Access Road upgrade to benefit 366 sugarcane farmers in Koronubu, Ba

Fifty-four cane access roads in the Koronubu sugarcane sector in Ba will soon be upgraded, thanks to a FJD$3.755 million partnership between the European Union (EU) and the Pacific Community (SPC) Rural Access Roads and Associated Infrastructure (RARAI)…

Sugarcane farming communities benefit from income generation training

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Tapping into groundwater sources brings water to sugarcane communities

Photo Credit: Lyle Post, 2012 Additional hydrogeological assessments to identify new groundwater sources for community water supply have been carried out in another two drought-prone areas in Fiji’s sugarcane farming communities. The surveys, using…

SPC-EU REFOREST Fiji National Forest and Rural Fire Management Workshop 23-24 November, 2017

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Workshop to develop National Forest Fire Management Strategy gets underway

A two-day workshop to develop a National Forest Fire Management Strategy for Fiji got underway in Sigatoka today. The workshop, which is taking place at The Fijian Resort from 23-24 November, 2017 comprises of representatives from the Fiji Government,…

Fiji gets support to develop National Forest Fire Management Strategy

A team from Foresters without Borders (FwB) (Australia) is in the country this week to meet with Fijian Government agencies and other relevant stakeholders to discuss the development of a draft National Forest Fire Management Strategy for Fiji. The visit…

Fiji Government receives equipment through EU-SPC Improvement of Key Services to Agriculture Project

The Director-General of the Pacific Community (SPC), Dr Colin Tukuitonga and the  European Union (EU) Ambassador to Fiji and the Pacific, H.E Andrew Jacobs today handed over equipment valued at approximately F$300,000 to the Fiji Ministry of Agriculture…

Agricultural Officers and Farmers Undergo Seed Production Training

A training workshop for agricultural officers and Lead Farmers to enhance their knowledge and skills on Open Pollinated Seed Production, develop training materials and implement training programmes in Fiji’s sugar cane belt is underway at the Sigatoka…
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