Plant Health Clinics: A training manual for Plant Health Doctors in Pacific Island countries
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SPC's 2021 at a glance: Land Resources
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.
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 long-standing challenge for farmers not only in Fiji, but throughout the Pacific.
New Seeds and Processing Storage Unit launched for Fiji Ministry of Agriculture
The Fiji Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) has launched its Seeds Processing and Storage Unit gifted to the ministry under the New Zealand funded Pacific Seeds for Life (PS4L) programme at its Sigatoka, Fiji Research Station.
Coordinated by the Pacific…
Kiribati steps up coconut pest control efforts through virtual training
Kiribati biosecurity officials took vital precautionary steps to prevent the invasion of the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Guam biotype (CRB-G) in the country through a virtual training on the fast-spreading pest on December 14.
SPC Land Resources Division launches new website
To capture its growth, progress and enhanced integration into the organization and the wider Pacific community, SPC’s Land Resources Division today launched a completely redesigned and revitalized website that aims to inspire new energy for 2022 and…
Regional Poetry Competition
Prior to this year’s International Youth Day, the Pacific Community’s (SPC) Human Rights and Social Development (HRSD) division launched a poetry competition highlighting the theme Transforming Food systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary…
Ellen, a soil scientist at SPC: “There is a bigger role for Pacific women to play in the scientific world”
As the Pacific marks World Soil Day, let’s not forget the ground beneath us
Soil is an invaluable resource for any country because it provides ecosystem services critical for life and the medium for supporting food production, either directly or indirectly.
World Soil Day on December 5 provides us the opportunity to recognize…
Pacific Organic Farmers move to develop national organic policies
Vegetable farmers working in Tagabe Agricultural Farm in Vanuatu.
In a call for support of organics in the region, Pacific organic farmers and farmer organisations agreed on strengthening organic practices through the Regional Organic Policy Development…