Impact of MTCP2 in the Pacific

Impact Stories from MTPC2 Pacific by Asia Pacific Farmers on Scribd

The following are stories about farmers and farmer organisations in the Pacific. They reflect some of the impacts of a five-year funding programme (2014-2018) that has changed the way farmer organisations operate in the Pacific Islands. Stories like these have become common in farmer organisations across the region. What follows is not a comprehensive list of the impacts, but is intended to provide a glimpse into these transformations. Five years of capacity building has made a huge difference, not only to how farmer organisations are seen by farmers, governments and development partners, but also to how farmer organisations see themselves. 

Broader Regional Impacts

• The Value Chain Way of Thinking
• Investing in the Future – The Breadfruit Story
• Connecting the Dots—Off-Season Fruit and Vegetable Production
• From Little Things Big Things Grow
• Sustainable Agriculture and Soil

Vanuatu

• A Tale of Two Training Centres
• Supplying Spices and Participatory Value Chain Training

Papua New Guinea

• Young Farmers Lead the Way – Off-season vegetable production
• Putting Women Farmers Centre Stage

Samoa

• Pineapples in Paradise
• Farmer to Farmer Exchanges Yield Results

Tonga

• Building New Export Industries – Papaya
• Filipe the Farmer

Fiji

• Building a National Platform – Farmers Finding their Voice
• Cottage Industry Development on Taveuni

Solomon Islands

• Planting for the Future
• Supporting the Evolution of a Farmer Organisation

Timor Leste

• Better Farmer Organisations for Timor Leste
• Expanding the network – a win-win situation