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Kokonut Pacific Solomon Islands achieves food safety certification

Kokonut Pacific Solomon Islands achieves food safety certification Kokonut Pacific Solomon Islands (KPSI), a local producer of virgin coconut oils and soap products, has recently achieved food safety certification to the internationally recognized HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) certification standard. It is only the second time that a company in Solomon Islands has achieved such certification and will allow KPSI to meet international standards for food safety and

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Premium cocoa exports for Solomon Islands reach new levels

Premium cocoa exports for Solomon Islands reach new levels Patterson Siliota, the Chief Inspecting Officer of the Solomon Islands Commodities Export Market Authority (CEMA), confirmed that total exports of cocoa beans to the premium chocolate market for 2017 so far stands at 24 metric tonnes (worth over SBD600,000) compared with less than 2 metric tonnes exported in previous years. “This is a significant increase since Solomon Islands only began exporting cocoa

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Tour experience spells brighter future for youths

Tour experience spells brighter future for youths In the months that followed, communities, villages and people across the country struggled to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives, among them a group of young people in Tokou Village, Ovalau. Where their farms once flourished with hundreds of kava plants, rootcrops and vegetables – their source of food and income – strong winds had flattened and destroyed them, forcing the

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Farmers undergo further training to improve cocoa quality

Several owners of solar cocoa driers in the Solomon Islands recently attended a workshop designed to increase sales of “sun-dried” cocoa into the lucrative global boutique market. Last week’s workshop and demonstration exercise offered valuable opportunities for cocoa farmers from five provinces to share learnings with cocoa specialists and MAL extension officers. Lucy Kasimwane from Makira Province who attended the workshop said, “This was a great opportunity to meet with

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Tonga sends first shipment of squash to China

The first ever shipment of Tongan squash to China left Tonga this week, after Tongatapu exporter Nishi Trading successfully passed a strict quarantine inspection on Saturday, 26 November 2016. A delegation from the People’s Republic of China General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) inspected the container of squash at Nishi Trading’s Packing House ‘at ‘Utulau, authorising the first consignment shipment. This important achievement took 18 months of

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