Solomon Islands – Kastom Gaden Association in the Solomon Islands has been promoting open-pollinated seeds and seed saving for almost 20 years already. Through the Planting Material Network, they supply approximately 100 varieties of open-pollinated vegetables and root crops to around 3000 farmers across the country. Much of the MTCP2 Programme funding to the Solomon […]
Samoa – Originating in South America, pineapple is now grown all around the world and in the Pacific, we like to think that we produce the sweetest and tastiest pineapples there are. Whether you think they are the best or not, there is no arguing with the fact that Pacific pineapples are great! However, there […]
Samoa – Farmer-to-farmer learning exchanges are not a new concept and many of them have been run over the five years of the MTCP2 programme. Running a large number of these exchanges, across seven countries and a variety of crops has allowed refinement of the farmer-to-farmer exchange model so that they now work better for […]