Breadfruit is widely grown in the Pacific islands where it is often an integral part of traditional agroforestry systems. For more than a decade Fiji, Tonga and Samoa have been permitted to export fresh breadfruit to New Zealand, treated by the approved High Temperature Force Air (HTFA) quarantine treatment for fruit flies. The quantities exported […]
Among the FO’s needs identified through the MTCP programme is to have a better understanding on the seeds industry and/or supply chain (production, distribution, and marketing) and conservation technologies. Many small farmers in Asia and the Pacific remain confronted with ineffective seed delivery services. However, this issue, compared with other agricultural extension such as marketing, […]