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Quality, supply boost for Tonga root crops

May 6, 2020

Quality, supply boost for Tonga root crops Lotopoha Export Trading Chief Executive Officer Melesisi Finefeuiaki and PHAMA Plus National Export Market System Facilitator (Tonga) Paula Mosa’ati sign the partnership agreement. Photo: Melemanu Fiu Bloomfield Tonga’s root crop sector is receiving a boost from a partnership aimed at improving export capacity to meet increasing quality requirements and market demands. The partnership signed between Lotopoha Export Trading – a leading Tongan exporting company –

Kava farming, a promising career path

August 1, 2019

Usaia Sausauwainivalu is driving the message that school leavers can consider kava farming as a potential career pathway. While kava farming is not a typical career choice for youth in Fiji, its high profitability is garnering interest among young people,particularly in rural areas, to establish careers as small-scale commercial farmers. In Kadavu, one of Fiji’s major kava growing areas, Usaia Sausauwainivalu, the farm manager at Vunisea Secondary School, is encouraging

PHAMA Plus, growing Pacific livelihoods and economies

April 11, 2019

PHAMA Plus, growing Pacific livelihoods and economies A new phase of the Pacific Horticultural and Agricultural Market Access or PHAMA Program was launched in Suva, Fiji today. Known as PHAMA Plus, the new phase of the Australian and New Zealand supported aid-for-trade program builds on the foundation established by PHAMA in 2011. Team members and stakeholders of PHAMA Plus celebrate the launch of the new phase with Australia’s Deputy High

Chocolates, volcanoes and women in cocoa

March 8, 2019

Chocolates, volcanoes and women in cocoa International Women’s Day is observed every year in recognition and celebration of women around the world. This year, the International Women’s Day 2019 #IWD2019 campaign theme of #BalanceforBetter is a call to action for driving gender balance across the world. The following article highlights the achievements of two women who are making a difference in their communities with support from the PHAMA Program (now

Food safety certification, a prerequisite for trade

March 5, 2019

Food Safety Certification, a Prerequisite for Trade Information included on the label of food products has the power to take food products places, says Anisi Bloomfield. Bloomfield is the chief executive officer of North Star Fishing Company Limited in Nukualofa, Tonga. Last year his company became the first fisheries business in Tonga to be Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) certified. Meaning that the company successfully met international standards