PIFON believes that there is great value in farmer-farmer exchanges and the recent success story from Tonga supports this concept. Nearly 18 months ago a series of technical exchanges occurred between Nature’s Way Cooperative (NWC) and the Growers Federation of Tonga (GroFed). A technical exchange was carried out between Tonga and Fiji from April 8 […]
The Pacific Island Farmers Organisation Network (PIFON) in partnership with the Fiji Crop and Livestock Council hosted a two-day Farmers Forum and Farmer to Farmer Learning Exchange in Deuba, Pacific Harbour from 01 – 02 August, 2017. The Forum was aimed at bringing about awareness on the importance of advocacy and policy engagement through the […]
In general, PIFON is working to get more farmer organisations directly involved in agricultural development projects in the region. In order to achieve this, PIFON is working to highlight the good work that farmer organisations are already doing in relation to research and extension in the region. PIFON has released two policy briefs on this […]