Pacific Agricultural Plant Genetic Resources Network charts crucial roadmap for food security in the region
Land Resources Division Research in Focus: Meet Ulamila Lutu, CePaCT Research Technician focusing on the Pacific “Tree of Life”, the coconut
1- Could you briefly describe your academic or professional background and how it has led you to pursue research within SPC?
Land Resources Division Research in focus: The forgotten giant of the Pacific
A giant taro patch in Tonga. Photo : Filippo Guzzon.
With its 3000-year history of cultivation in South Asia and the Pacific, the giant taro (or giant elephant ear taro) has an impressive number of plant species (over 3,700) distributed worldwide. It…
Land Resources Division Research in Focus: Meet Sera Dau – Laboratory Technician, Germplasm Health, Centre for Pacific Crops and Trees (CePaCT)
Could you briefly describe your academic or professional background and how it has led you to pursue this research opportunity?
The future of Crop Mutation Breeding in the Pacific
SPC’s 75th anniversary: Pacific agriculture gets a major boost in 1998 with the establishment of the region’s first plant and tree genebank at SPC
Photo: A CePaCT laboratory technician in 2011
The Pacific Community turned 75 on the 6th of February 2022. As we mark 75 years of the Pacific Community’s Service to the region, on the 6th of each month we will feature a key moment in history for the…
Pacific Community’s Agricultural Gene Bank Wins Global Award
Photo: The Pacific Community’s Centre for Pacific Crops and Trees gene bank conserves more than 2,000 varieties of trees and crops in the Pacific Islands. Credit: Pacific Community
New Zealand announces 10million in climate financing to secure Pacific food crops for future generations
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced NZ10million in new funding to support the Blue Pacific seed bank and genetic resources at the Pacific Community (SPC) Centre for Pacific Crops and Trees (CePaCT).
Keeping us all fed – The Pacific Food System
The term ‘food systems’ refers to interconnected activities involved in the production, processing, distribution, and consumption of food. They are enormously complex and important. And while food systems are now globally influenced, their impacts are…
Preserving the genetic treasures of the past to build the future: The Pacific Community at 75
Preserving the genetic treasures of the past to build the future: The Pacific Community at 75
The Pacific Community turned 75 on the 6th of February 2022. As we mark 75 years of the Pacific Community’s Service to the region, on the 6th of each month we…