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…
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…
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…
Pacific Agriculture and Forestry Ministers Endorse Strategy for International Year of Plant Health 2020
Pacific Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry and Heads of Delegations from 21 Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) officially endorsed a strategy for the International Year of Plant Health 2020 at the second Ministers of…
Coconuts for Livelihoods Project
A new initiative to strengthen the conservation and utilization of coconut diversity and to support the rejuvenation of coconut-based livelihoods in the Pacific Islands was launched by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR…
Food security in vulnerable islands
A regional food security atlas of the pacific
Pacific Seeds for Life becomes a reality
Seeds and climate change
At the 23rd Conference of the Parties of UNFCCC (where Fiji played a central role), Parties adopted the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture. This landmark agreement recognized ‘the fundamental importance of agriculture…
Why the Pacific is taking an integrated approach to climate change and NCDs
The Island nations of the Pacific region are a community encompassing many unique traditions, cultures and experiences. These generally small island nations are spread across one the largest and most important regions on Earth. With small populations…
A Pacific battle to eradicate the rhinoceros beetle
Photo: courtecy of Durham Field Office – US Forest Health Protection