A new agreement has been established for technical support in Niue under the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER Plus).

The agreement between the Government of Niue and the Australian and New Zealand funded Pacific Horticultural and Agricultural Market Access Plus Program (PHAMA Plus) aims to facilitate agricultural trade and support development opportunities arising from participation in the PACER Plus agreement.

Growing agricultural trade between Australia and the Pacific A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment and DT Global will grow agricultural trade between Pacific Island countries and Australia, through improved food security, better market access and biosecurity outcomes. Signed 6 October by Australian Chief Plant Protection Officer, Gabrielle Vivian-Smith and DT Global Asia Pacific Managing Director, Frank Maiolo the MoU will strengthen the partnership between

In recent years, Pacific Islands Centre (PIC) has focused on supporting the sales of coffee and cocoa (chocolate) from Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Vanuatu, Samoa and other countries, to the Japanese market through participation in FOODEX Japan and other information and networking sharing events. Pacific exporters have the potential to expand the sales of their agricultural products and achieve sustainable export market opportunities in Japan. This was underscored during a

New standards to improve PNG’s coffee trade The Coffee Industry Corporation (CIC) rolled out the coffee industry’s revised green bean standard and new regulation policy guidelines for coffee trade in Papua New Guinea (PNG).  More information on the new guidelines can be found in the Regulatory Policy Guidelines & Procedural Manual which can be requested from CIC. The new green bean standards address the price discrimination between small holders and