Boost for animal disease surveillance in Tonga
Animal health and production officers from Tonga’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and Food are now better equipped to facilitate training with field staff on animal disease surveillance.
Tonga focuses on agriculture as a significant sector to address development priorities
Exploring Pacific funding mechanism option to turn the tide on NCDs
Pacific Island countries and territories at the inaugural Pacific Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Summit have expressed their support for a Pacific funding mechanism to better balance responses to the mammoth burden of NCDs in the region.
In this regard…
Pacific Community Remarks by Director General Dr Colin Tukuitonga at the Opening Ceremony of the Pacific NCD Summit
Salutations
‘E Ho’o ‘Afio, Kingi Tupou Ono, fakafeta’i e afeitaulalo ‘a e ‘Afiona ‘o ha’elea ‘a e fakataha’anga ni
New climate change policy contributes to more resilient Tonga by 2035
The Pacific Community (SPC) and the European Union (EU) have welcomed the endorsement by the Government of Tonga of a new national climate change policy.
The five-year policy sets out to achieve the vision of a resilient Tonga by 2035 through specific…
Tonga and Papua New Guinea join global food security treaty
Tonga and Papua New Guinea have signed a key international treaty that promotes sustainable global food security.
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is vital in ensuring continued availability of plant genetic…