Field Connections- How technology is supporting Pacific agriculture
Field Connections- How technology is supporting Pacific agriculture
Standing in the middle of a field around a withered plant, the Pacific Community’s Plant Health Doctors conducted their first virtual meeting as they continue their work on the…
Seeds Handover to Fiji Government and Launch of New Regional Initiatives Supported by MFAT and DFAT
This week the Pacific Community (SPC) handed over 350kg vegetable seeds and 400 tissue culture plants to the Fiji Ministry of Agriculture (MOA). The event was part of Pacific Seeds for Life (PS4L) and represented the projects first contribution towards…
Remarks by SPC DDG, Dr A. Aumua at the Launch of 'Pacific Seeds for Life' and funding for Regional Genebank
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Statement by Dr. Audrey Aumua
Delivered at the Launch of 'Pacific Seeds for Life' and funding announcement for Regional Genebank
Suva, Fiji
27 May 2020
The Honourable Minister of Agriculture Fiji, Dr Mahendra…
SPC Food Systems for Health and Nutrition Integrated Programme successfully completes online design workshop series
Participants of the Food Systems for Health and Nutrition integrated programme workshop series on Zoom. (Ed Boydell)
COVID-19 creating operational challenges for SPC’s regional gene bank
The COVID-19 crisis is having severe impact on the global development sector, making it mandatory for organizations, such as the Pacific Community (SPC) to adjust the way they work.
Pacific countries strengthen border monitoring in response to African Swine Fever threat
31 March 2020
Papua New Guinea recently announced that its multi-million pork industry is now under threat after African Swine Fever (ASF) was discovered in Mendi, in the Southern Highlands Province. It is believed that the disease was transported…
Vanuatu’s successful containment of a coconut palm killer
Protecting Pacific’s coconut palms from coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB) has been an ongoing battle in the region. Since its first case of CRB in Mangaliliu in 2019, Vanuatu has stepped up responses to eradicate this pest from its islands with the…
Nadroumai Women improve soil health through Agroforestry
Exacerbating erosion, flooding and drought events was on the rise due to unsustainable agriculture and resource exploitation within the Nadroumai catchment near Sigatoka in Fiji- but thanks to the dedication of women and youth in the area, the future is…
Vanuatu Country Programming
SPC will be in Port Vila in the week of 9th March, 2020, to work with country counterparts in a number of sectors to define activities under the SPC/Vanuatu Country Program. The Vanuatu Country Program is an agreed program of focused actions under a set…
Pacific Seeds for Life: the case of Yam breeding in Vanuatu
The Pacific region is highly vulnerable to climate change and is facing high incidences of non-communicable diseases. Crop diversity has a crucial role to play in (1) developing improved crops that are adapted to climate change and tolerant to…