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Growth optimism for Tonga’s horticultural exports

PHAMA Plus National Export Market System Facilitator Tonga Mr Paula Mosa’ati (left) and Nishi Trading Managing Director Minoru Nishi Junior (right) after signing the partnership at the Nishi Trading packhouse in ‘Utulau, Tongatapu. Tonga’s horticultural exports are set for growth thanks to a new partnership aimed at improving quality and increasing export volumes to meet market demands. This is after the country’s leading horticultural exporting company, Nishi Trading, signed a

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Tonga launches Kava Quality Standard

There is now more potential for new market pathways for kava exports from Tonga.   This is after the launch of the Tonga Kava Quality Standard, in both English and Tongan versions, a milestone achievement for kava stakeholders in the island kingdom. The Kava Quality Standard, launched by the Tongan Prime Minister Reverend Dr Pohiva Tui’i’onetoa and Australian High Commissioner to Tonga Adrian Morrison, ensures that Tongan kava for traditional or

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Quality, supply boost for Tonga root crops

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 –

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Kava farming, a promising career path

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

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Food safety certification, a prerequisite for trade

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

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