Gardens with key pandemic prompts keyhole gardens in Rarotonga
The Cook Islands and kuru (breadfruits) share a long and interesting history. It was the English explorer Captain James Cook
English Navigator and the ‘Kuru’ Story – Cook Islands Retrace Its Breadfruit Roots
The Cook Islands and kuru (breadfruits) share a long and interesting history. It was the English explorer Captain James Cook
The Rise of the Pacific Island Farmers Organisation Network
“Before we were using Excel sheets for data entry and reporting, but now we have MYOB installed it is easier
Expanding the Network – A Win-Win Situation
Expanding the Pacific Island Farmers Organisation Network membership is not undertaken lightly, especially when it involves adding a new country
Better Farmer Organisations for Timor Leste
The Asosiasaun Nasional Produtor Fini Komersial (ANAPROFIKO) is a young organisation with a big job. It was established in 2015,
Supporting the Evolution of a Farmer Organisation
In the middle of the MTCP2 programme, the national implementing agency in the Solomon Islands ran into a problem –
Planting for the Future
Kastom Gaden Association in the Solomon Islands has been promoting open-pollinated seeds and seed saving for almost 20 years. Through
Cottage Industry Development on Taveuni
In the earlier Vanuatu section we were briefly introduced to the Tutu Rural Training Centre on the island of Taveuni
Building a National Platform – Farmers Finding their Voice
Bringing farmers together to talk about the technical side of farming is pretty easy in the Pacific. Farmers want to
Filipe the Farmer
Filipe Filihia is a Tongan farmer. He was involved in both the breadfruit and papaya farmer-to-farmer technical exchanges that were
Building New Export Industries – Papaya
Like many things that make a lasting change, it started off with something simple – in April 2015, a farmer
Farmer to Farmer Exchanges Yield Results
Farmer-to-farmer learning exchanges are not a new concept and many of them have been run over the five years of
Pineapples in Paradise
“Samoa Farmers Association believes we can’t work with every farmer to transfer technologies. That’s why we choose some lead farmers,
Putting Women Farmers Centre Stage
Maria Linibi is not your average farmer, in fact, she is not your average person. As the founder of Papua
Young Farmers Lead the Way – Off-Season Vegetable Production
Kevin Gabriel of Jiwaka Province was able to attend training in Fiji on off-season cropping of fruit and vegetables. On
Supplying Spices and Participatory Value Chain Training
Most farmers around the world feel that their buyers are giving them a pretty bad deal. In Vanuatu, the smallholder,
A Tale of Two Training Centres
The Society of Mary (Marists) established the Tutu Rural Training Centre (Tutu) on the island of Taveuni (Fiji) in 1969.
Sustainable Agriculture and Soils
“The impact it had on us in Taveuni now with farmers using mucuna beans and where participants took home with
From Little Things Big Things Grow
It may seem obvious that seeds are where most crops comes from, yet much agricultural work in the Pacific had
Connecting the Dots – Off-Season Fruit and Vegetable Production
“So what the Pacific Island Farmers Organisation Network did was to bring all the technology together, then connect the technologies