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MAKING BLACK GOLD IN NIUE

August 10, 2015

A major drive to reduce the release of harmful Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) through the promotion of composting technologies has started in Niue involving more than half of the country’s...
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BANANA TREES PROVE A POINT

June 25, 2015

Sekove Laliqavoka remembers the villagers mocked him. They called him weird, crazy even. “But I stood my ground,” the 59 year old said, “and eventually they came to understand.” Even...
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SWEETLY ORGANIC

June 25, 2015

Residents of Cicia Island in Fiji are cashing in on the organic status of their homeland growing another product for niche, premium markets. Organic Cicia honey, the first of its...
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SLICE FROM CUBA

June 25, 2015

Use of biological agents such as earthworms and mycorrhizal fungi to improve or maintain soil health. Recently five of us from the Pacific made a trip to Cuba to learn...
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GOING ORGANIC NGALI NUTS FOR...

June 24, 2015

A remote island in Solomon Islands will soon start exporting ngalinuts to New Caledonia with the commencement of first steps leading to organic certification. A team comprising officials from the...
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