Ireneo Cerilla, a farmer from Quezon, Philippines has found an innovative use of social media to help other farmers in his province and in the country. He posted a photo of a “kulisap” (pest) called brontispa on his Facebook wall, with the following caption (translated from Filipino): “This is the pest brontispa, which eats the […]
Click here to watch the SPC_PAFP Net promotional video (to be re-uploaded later) By: Elenoa Tamani – Fuli, SPC PAPP, 30th January 2015 The PIFON [Pacific Islands Farmer Organisation] three-day planning meeting held in Nadi last January 28-30 under the MTCP2 funded by IFAD and SDC, was a timely opportunity to collaborate with partners in […]
By Salā Sagato Tuiafiso Samoa Farmer Association (SFA), with the support of the Pacific Island Farmer Organization Network (PIFON), organized a special training for its pineapple growers from 1st to 4th December 2014 at the USP Alafua Campus and in some of the selected farms. Mr Peter Kjaer, an experienced pineapple farmer for more than thirty […]