Workshop on how to apply a people-centred approach to food security
A rapid assessment on food security and emergency governance frameworks was conducted in Marshall Islands last year which identified the need to inform and build the capacity of outer island focal points and food security stakeholders on the application…
Alors que la Division des ressources terrestres de la Communauté du Pacifique atteint 50 % de leadership féminin, nous devons continuer à briser les préjugés envers les femmes dans l'agriculture
As the Pacific Community's Director of Land resources Division, I am proud to note during this year’s International Women’s Day that 50% of the leadership of the Division are women. We also have many amazing women scientists, some who have faced…
Des fiches d’information sur la relance de l’agriculture ont été distribuées aux Tonga et dans la région après l’éruption catastrophique qui a touché les Tonga
L’éruption massive du volcan Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’aipi en janvier 2022 a dévasté des villages entiers et aura des effets à long terme sur l’agriculture tongienne. Face à cette situation, la Division ressources terrestres de la CPS a consulté…
Agriculture: Tonga Recovery Factsheets
The massive eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’aipi volcano in January 2022 has devastated communities and will have far-reaching effects on Tonga agriculture.
SPC’s Land Resources Division (LRD) has responded by consulting its agriculture and soil…
International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Meet SPC's Land Resources Division Lab Technician Maraia Dure Ravulo
The Pacific’s unique geography makes preserving its crops, trees and seed for food security a formidable challenge. SPC’s Land Resources Division’s (LRD) work in Genetic Resources advances the utilization of plant genetic resources, including developing…
Bougainville renforce ses systèmes alimentaires pour faire face à la COVID-19
Before the Coronavirus pandemic, food systems in Papua New Guinea were already under constant threat from both natural and human-made factors such as natural disasters, pests, and disease infestation (African Swine Fever, Fall Army Worm), climatic…
Nouvel outil de la CPS pour lutter contre le rhinocéros du cocotier
La CPS met en œuvre un nouvel outil pour lutter contre le rhinocéros du cocotier, dont la propagation détruit l’une des principales cultures du Pacifique, le cocotier. La Kobo Toolbox a été adoptée dans le cadre du projet PARC (sensibilisation…
Plant Health Clinics: A training manual for Plant Health Doctors in Pacific Island countries
Contact: Fereti Atumurirava: [email protected]
2021 en un coup d'oeil : agriculture
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As COVID-19 continued to cause disruptions in 2020 and well into late 2021 in the Pacific, SPC’s Land Resources Division (LRD) adapted, diversifying major programmes and finding new ways of working.
Le Pacifique mise sur les semences comme moyens de subsistance sains
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Banking on seeds for healthy Pacific livelihoods
A sustainable seed system is crucial to ensuring farmers have timely access to affordable quality seeds. However, access to quality vegetable seeds has been a…