The Pacific Island Farmers Organisation Network (PIFON) signed a historic Declaration of Commitment (DOC) with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) related to the engagement with farmer organizations in the region. The declaration was made official during a signing ceremony on 21 November 2016, by Afamasaga Toleafoa, PIFON Chairman and Ronald Hartman, IFAD Pacific […]
Since 2014, PIFON has been working with its farmer organization members to pilot new approaches to value chain training for farmers and other stakeholders that lead to real impacts. Under an IFAD funded CTA/PIPSO (Pacific Islands Private Sector Organisation), PIFON signed a consultancy contract to document a Lessons Learnt Publication on the Value Chain Training […]
Papua New Guinea – Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Julie Bishop and Honorable Vice-Minister Senator Concetta Ferrivantti–Wells, Minister for Development for the Pacific officially launched the Solar Rice Mill Project on 9 March 2017 in Lae, PNG in partnership with PIFON’s member–PNG Women in Agriculture (PNG WiA). The “Solar Rice Mill Project” is […]