In a milestone move for its emerging kava industry, the Solomon Islands today launched its National Kava Quality Standard and a Kava Industry Working Group (Kava IWG) with the support of the Australia and New Zealand funded Pacific Horticultural and Agricultural Market Access Plus (PHAMA Plus) program. A first for the country, the kava quality standard and IWG mark a significant progress in the ongoing efforts to improve kava quality

Navigating viable export pathways for Tonga’s agricultural trade Tonga’s agricultural trade of fresh produce to overseas markets is often impacted by the availability and affordability of shipping, a constraint further exacerbated by the global COVID-19 pandemic and recent crises. Finding cost effective solutions and actions to address shipping constraints will help maintain Tonga’s agricultural trade with key markets such as Australia and New Zealand and help ‘navigate’ new viable export