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Introducing the General Manager, Market Access Chair and Boss blo Copra: Schola Aitora

October 10, 2022

Introducing the General Manager, Market Access Chair and Boss blo Copra: Schola Aitora If Schola Aitora is frank – and she invariably is – agriculture was the last thing this dynamic businesswoman from Papua New Guinea expected to become her life-long passion and profession. “As a child, picking coffee berries and cocoa beans was just a game. All through my childhood we did it, although even back then we knew

Rise of Lotopoha: The Story of Tonga’s Only Woman Root Crops Exporter

September 22, 2022

Rise of Lotopoha: The Story of Tonga’s Only Woman Root Crops Exporter A Farming Pedigree Farming root crops has always been a part of Melesisi Finefeuiaki’s life. The granddaughter of a Tongan noble, Melesisi grew up surrounded by farming, that was traditionally tendered by her grandfather and then by her father in their ancestral lands at the village of Kolonga, located in eastern part of Tongatapu, Tonga’s main island. It

Premium sun dried Solomon Islands cocoa exported to the United Kingdom

May 13, 2022

Premium sun dried Solomon Islands cocoa exported to the United Kingdom Solomon Islands today sent its first Less-than-container Load (LCL) shipment of premium cocoa to chocolatiers in the United Kingdom as part of an innovative new pilot project. This container, which had cocoa beans from 50 farmer groups and consolidators across Guadalcanal and Isabel, was shipped under the Less Than a Container Load (LCL) Access to Markets project, piloted by

Brewing a better future for PNG women in coffee: PNG WICA joins IWCA as local chapter

April 1, 2022

Add Your Heading Text Here The PNG Women in Coffee Association (WICA) is stepping into the international scene as Papua New Guinea’s national chapter for the International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA). PNG WICA today signed a memorandum of understanding with IWCA to formalise the chapter, establishing a collaborative partnership for the empowerment of its more than 6,000 members who are coffee growers and women in coffee businesses including co-operatives. It’s

Lami Kava launches Domestic Violence and Workplace Policy on #IWD22

March 8, 2022

Lami Kava launches Domestic Violence and Workplace Policy on #IWD22 Lami Kava, one of Fiji’s leading kava exporters, broke new ground today with the launch of its policy on domestic violence to build a more respectful and supportive workplace. It’s a significant move for the company and for Fiji as more employers are addressing domestic violence, which affects two out of three women in the country. The company’s Managing Director,