Pacific Week of Agriculture and Forestry

​The Government of Tonga, with support from the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), will host the Pacific Week of Agriculture and Forestry (PWAF) from May 25 to May 29 in Nuku'alofa, Tonga.

The PWAF is a biannual event that brings together leaders, experts, and stakeholders from the agriculture and forestry sectors in the Pacific region to discuss key challenges and opportunities facing these sectors. The theme for 2025 is "Transform Agriculture & Forestry: More Regeneration, More Productivity, More Resilience."

Led by the Government of Tonga, with assistance from SPC and FAO, the Pacific Week will feature the Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry, as well as the Regional Meeting of the Pacific Heads of Agriculture and Forestry Services. Additionally, it will include a series of side events focused on important topics from the main theme:

• More Regeneration: Addressing issues related to soils, genetic biodiversity of crops, forests, livestock, ecology, organics, and the environment.

• More Productivity: Focusing on rural farmers, women and youth, livelihoods, food security, and the production of crops, livestock, and forests.

• More Resilience: Biosecurity and pest management, Enhancing pre-disaster preparedness, improving the capacity to withstand and recover from disasters, and adapting to rising sea levels and temperatures through research and adoption.

Participants at PWAF will have the opportunity to hear from leading experts in the field, attend interactive workshops and sessions, and network with industry professionals.

We look forward to seeing you at the Pacific Week of Agriculture and Forestry in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, in 2025! 

The sub-themes are as follows:

Final Sub-themes for PWAF Side Events.

1. Transform Agriculture & Forestry (Enabling environment, Technologies and mechanization, Value addition/processing, Harnessing human capital, Market Access, Commercialization and Finances etc).

2. More Regeneration (soils, genetic biodiversity of crops, forests, livestock, ecology, organics, environment, etc)

3. More Productivity (rural farmers, women and youth, livelihood, food security, production of crops, livestock and forests, etc)
   

4. More Resilience (biosecurity and pest management, pre-disaster preparedness, capacity to withstand disaster, capacity to recover after disaster, capacity to adapt to sea level and temperature rise, research and adoption, etc)