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 […]
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 […]
The Growers Federation of Tonga Inc. and PIFON (Pacific Islands Farmer Organization Network) are going to sign a Letter of Agreement by the end of January 2015 sealing an agreement that PIFON will finance four practical training activities for Tongan Growers in 2015. These training activities include training on how to consistently produce pineapple all […]