The Tutu Rural Training Centre on the island of Taveuni has embarked on a significant new innovation with the creation of a food development unit in the Centre and programs of training to encourage cottage industries on the island. This undertaking addresses several issues, including: o expanding Tutu’s income generating capability and increasing its self-reliance […]
Bringing farmers together to talk about the technical side of farming is pretty easy in the Pacific. Farmers want to talk to each other and learn from each other. The success of farmer-to-farmer learning exchanges is a testament to this. Bringing farmers together to talk about issues and policy is a little bit harder and […]
The Akphivat Srok Yoeung Cooperative was established through a consolidation of four self-help saving groups from four villages in Prey Chhor district, Kampong Cham province with technical support from a project of a local NGO called CEDAC since 2008. When the project was phased out, the self-help groups continued to grow organically and were able […]