Arthur and Karen Mills are experienced organic farmers who have been operating their Mudrenicagi Estate in Fiji since 2015. They have successfully cultivated a variety of organic products on their...
Women’s groups making virgin coconut oil on Cicia Island in Lau have been awarded use of the Organic Pasifika mark with the potential of leveraging higher prices for their product....
It was both a happy and tearful affair when organic ngalinut harvesters from the Solomon Islands met with retailers in health food shops in New Caledonia as part of the...
The increasing demand for organic products in New Caledonia motivated Louis Ate to transition to organic farming. The benefits Louis gained, however, surpassed his one motivating factor, which was economics....
Context Organic food is a high-value niche market with export potential, but there are challenges for Pacific farmers seeking to access this market. These include the cost and complexity of...
Susana Yalikanacea of Cicia Island in Lau has been receiving orders for her virgin coconut oil from overseas buyers, apart from local orders. Ms Yalikanacea, a retired agricultural officer, is...
When the freezer truck started calling in at Nativi, the farming experience changed for the farmers of this remote village in Ra province on the northern side of Viti Levu...
When Jazinta Levi was a little girl, her father, Hiva Levi made her and a cousin sit on his truck full of organic banana trees, wearing attire made from organic...
“Ladies and gentlemen, this is a woman, not a man,” Julie Uka stated dramatically to the camera as we videoed mulched taro beds, a resilient farming practice in Cook Islands.
At Tom Daoni’s village, women have died giving birth at home. his village Molotobe in Malaita province of Solomon Islands is located about 20 kilometres from the nearest health facility...
National border closures and travel restrictions has significantly and negatively impacted value chains (VC) heavily reliant on international trade resulting in stakeholders diverting value chains to local markets. This was...
In remote Baniata village on Rendova Island, deep in the heart of the Solomon Islands, an organic wind of change is blowing. Villagers set up their PGS for organic certification,...
One of Fiji’s leading ginger exporter Ranadi Plantations is leading research in organic technologies that focuses on soil regeneration rather than just plant nutrition. Bio Vitals involves taking common farm...
Organic farmers in the Solomon Islands that have moved away from synthetic fertilizers were recently trained in tools for agroecology performance evaluation (TAPE) that will help ensure healthier soil, and...
Nature-based solutions are actions that protect, sustainably manage, or restore natural ecosystems, in directly addressing issues such as climate change and simultaneously providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits. For instance,...
In Palau, “a mesei a delal a telid” means “the taro patch is the mother of our life.” Palau’s matriarchal and matrilineal culture holds traditional importance in the cultivating of...
At the dawn of the millennium, the push for organic farming is finding its way back to the Pacific through Agroecology and Regenerative Agriculture. After decades of grappling with rising...
