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The Biosecurity Authority of Fiji (BAF) in conjunction with Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), Ministry of Fisheries and Forestry (MFF) and FAO is working on implementing a joint project funded through the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation supported by the Government of Belgium. This project aims to minimise the spread of zoonotic diseases such as Leptospirosis, Brucellosis and Bovine Tuberculosis among livestock farmers and households in Fiji. Under the FAO project,...

His Excellency Mr Jean-Luc Bodson, Ambassador of Belgium has personally seen the lasting impact of Belgium assistance for people rebuilding their lives after Tropical Cyclone Pam which struck Vanuatu on March 13 2015. Part of the USD 285 000 Belgium-funded project was the establishmesnt of urban gardens in Port Vila, with thousands of seed and seedling distributions across Vanuatu to meet the needs of those affected by the cyclone. FAO distributed...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Subregional Office is pleased to welcome Eriko Hibi to Samoa as the Subregional Coordinator for the Pacific Islands. Ms Hibi joins the Subregional Office following three and a half years as FAO Representative in Syria. Ms Hibi arrived on 28 August from Damascus, Syria, where she managed FAO's humanitarian and resilience programme as FAO Representative since March, 2013. “I’m honoured for the...

Alfred John Sayaham, a farmer from Labasa, Fiji, was nominated for an FAO award in recognition of his commitment to practicing Sustainable Land Management (SLM) technologies. He supports and shares knowledge of building resilience to climate change to other communities within the peripheral, and to ensure the adoption of SLM to all land users in Siberia, Labasa. Sayaham received a “Model Farmer” award along with others from Mongolia, Pakistan, Thailand and...

Students from Wesley College in Apia, Samoa completed their school garden project. The students have obtained gardening equipment using vouchers they won at a competition, which was part of the World Food Day 2015 celebrations. The competition provided an opportunity for the students to showcase projects and to provide an incentive to continue with agriculture in their studies and possibly as a career.  “We are very happy to receive the gardening equipment”....

The Samoa Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc and FAO are furthering their partnership to promote contract farming as a means to coordinate links between farmers and agribusiness firms. Continuing from successful workshops held in 2015 to promote contract farming, FAO and the Samoa Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. held a training workshop on design and analysis of farming contracts. The workshop was facilitated by Carlos da Silva, Professor of Agro-industrial...

FAO is pleased to introduce Graham Nimoho who recently joined the FAO Subregional team as Assistant FAO Representative and who will greatly assist FAO activities on the ground in Vanuatu. In the following brief profile, we find about Graham and why he joined FAO.  Name: Graham Nimoho Title: Assistant FAO Representative, Vanuatu  Nationality: Republic of Vanuatu Before joining FAO:  I was employed as the senior fisheries officer for the northern part of Vanuatu by...

Around 1,000 women market vendors - farmers who were adversely affected by Tropical Cyclone Winston have received agriculture supplies that will help in their efforts to replant their crops. The produce will eventually be sold to market. For market vendor-farmer Adi Menani Tabua from Naqoro Village the supplies could not have come at a better time. “I lost everything after Cyclone Winston and we are still trying to replant all the crops...

Primary school students in Niue will soon be learning about the biodiversity of flora and fauna which exists in their island country and the ecological importance .  FAO has partnered with Landcare Research NZ to produce the biodiversity teaching kit for the primary schools of Niue. “This is one of the core results of creating awareness for biodiversity conservation among the people of Niue”, said Rudolf Hahn, Chief Technical Officer for...

Students studying agriculture at Leififi College in Apia, Samoa have embraced their subject as a possible future pathway. “The students look forward to these classes”, said Leififi College principle, Malae Sefuiva Lauano. “ We have vocational subjects at Leififi college like arts, woodwork,  and agriculture”.  “We are very happy to receive gardening equipment using vouchers we won in a competition at World Food Day 2015”. Said Ms. Lauano. “We were able...