Land Resources Division (LRD)
Meet Priteshna Kumar: Women in Science Week
11 February is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Over the next two weeks we are highlighting some of the inspiring women scientists working in the Pacific Community.
Meet Priteshna Kumar, SPC Laboratory Technician (CePaCT) – World…
Inaugural Fiji Chocolate Competition highlights resurgent cocoa sector
The Ministry of Agriculture in Fiji in partnership with the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and the Pacific Community (SPC), announced the winners of the Inaugural Fiji Chocolate (Cocoa) Competition today at the Vanua…
Meet Arshni Shandil: Women in Science Week
11 February is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Over the next two weeks we are highlighting some of the inspiring women scientists working in the Pacific Community.
Meet Arshni Shandil - Research Technician at CePaCT, World Centre…
Fiji, Samoa and Solomon Islands highlight increasing threat of pests and diseases for Pacific agriculture
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations and Pacific Community (SPC) met with national stakeholders from Samoa, Solomon Islands and Fiji this week to discuss the serious threat of pests and diseases for Pacific agriculture.
Genetic resources for food and nutrition security, from the Pacific to the world
Genetic resources for food and nutrition security, from the Pacific to the world
Coconut Risk Management and Mitigation Training: A Bid to Protect Pacific Island Economies
Twenty-seven diverse experts and stakeholders from the coconut industry refined and finalised the “Coconut Risk Management and Mitigation Manual for the Pacific Region” in a 4-day regional Pacific training, this week in Nadi.
The futur of food - Supporting resilient Pacific Food Systems under climate change
SPC through its Land Resources Division, is working on creating models for resilience based on sustainable food systems. This is critical to the global conversation on climate change – if small islands at the frontlines of climate change can create…
FARMERS’ VOICES FROM SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES (SIDS) – ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, A SOLUTION GROWN FROM TRADITION
Side event: Climate change Ambition Day,When: Wednesday 12 December, from 2pm to 3pmWhere: Pacific & Koronivia Pavilion
Using the nexus of science with traditional and local knowledge, SPC is empowering communities to use the best of their history…